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Monkey Psychiatrists

STEPHEN J. SUOMI, HARRY F. HARLOW, and WILLIAM T. McKINNEY, JR.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.8.927

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Most efforts that have been made to reverse the effects of isolation on monkeys have been unsuccessful. The authors report on successful rehabilitation through the use of "therapist" monkeys. The therapists, three months younger than the isolate monkeys, initiated social contact in a nonthreatening manner. Within six months, the isolates' disturbance behaviors had nearly disappeared and they displayed normal age-appropriate social and play behaviors.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 8 • February 1972

Pages: 927 - 932

PubMed: 4621656

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Published in print: February 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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STEPHEN J. SUOMI

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HARRY F. HARLOW

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WILLIAM T. McKINNEY, JR.

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Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Research Associate in the Primate Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Primate Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

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