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Experience, Medication, and the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Bertram P. Karon  and
Gary R. Vandenbos
Bertram P. Karon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 U.S.A
Gary R. Vandenbos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 U.S.A
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In their article published in this Journal in 1965, May and Tuma (1) suggested that only the use of medication made a difference in the outcome with schizophrenics, and that psychotherapy, whether or not combined with medication, made essentially no difference. Their data, however, as in so many psychotherapy projects, referred only to patients treated by inexperienced therapists, namely psychiatric hospital residents under supervision.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 533 , April 1970 , pp. 427 - 428
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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