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The Response of Chronic Schizophrenics to Attention and Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Arnold M. Ludwig  and
Arnold J. Marx
Arnold M. Ludwig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, U.S.A.
Arnold J. Marx
Affiliation:
Treatment Unit, Mendeta State Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, 53704, U.S.A.
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There have been numerous psychotherapeutic approaches (e.g., total push, community therapy, token economy, buddy system, etc.) advocated for hospitalized chronic schizophrenics. Although these programs have had relative success in producing improvement in at least some of these patients, it remains to be demonstrated whether this improvement is due to the specific nature of these programs or to certain non-specific factors, such as attention and/or structure, common to all psychotherapeutic interactions.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 545 , April 1971 , pp. 447 - 450
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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