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The Token Economy: A Living-Learning Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Fernandez ,
I. Fischer  and
E. Ryan
J. Fernandez
Affiliation:
St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland
I. Fischer
Affiliation:
St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland
E. Ryan
Affiliation:
St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Extract

The use of a token-economy system to condition ward-wide behaviours in psychiatric in-patients, is gaining acceptance as a definite therapeutic modality (Franks, 1969).

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 569 , April 1973 , pp. 453 - 455
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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References

Ayllon, T., and Azrin, N. H. (1968). The Token Economy —A Motivational System for Therapy and Rehabilitation. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.Google Scholar
Franks, C. M. (ed.) (1969). Behaviour Therapy: Appraisal and Status. New York: McGraw-Hill.Google Scholar
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