Few students preparing for careers in medicine, nursing, social work, or counseling are interested in devoting their professional time to the care of problem drinkers; this reluctance to become involved in the treatment of alcohol problems is related to prognostic pessimism and negative assessments of existing therapeutic resources for alcoholism treatment.
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