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Published Online: September 1962

SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION WITH PHOBIC SCHIZOPHRENICS

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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Systematic desensitization is an effective therapeutic technique for some schizophrenic subjects. This neither refutes nor supports Wolpe's statement that psychosis is due to biochemical or physiological changes. It simply reaffirms that all learned behavior can be unlearned, even with schizophrenics.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 241 - 245
PubMed: 13881868

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Published in print: September 1962
Published online: 1 April 2006

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R. C. COWDEN
VA Hospital, Leech Farm Rd., Pittsburgh 6, Pa.
L. I. FORD
VA Hospital, Leech Farm Rd., Pittsburgh 6, Pa.

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