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| Behavior Patterns | 1 |
| Behavior Problems | 1 |
| Desensitization | 1 |
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| Psychiatry | 1 |
| Schizophrenia | 1 |
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| Journal of Behavior Therapy… | 1 |
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| Nelson, Philip | 1 |
| Serber, Michael | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSerber, Michael; Nelson, Philip – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
Desensitization or assertive training or both were applied to hospitalized schizophrenics who displayed phobias, lack of interpersonal assertiveness, or both. In none of the patients did desensitization produce any reduction of avoidance of the feared object. The assertive training produces minimal improvement in two patients. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Desensitization
