THE GROUP THERAPIST IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENICS
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Experience in an earlier study by Vernallis and Reinert (1961) suggested treatment effectiveness might be increased by the allocation of administrative responsibility for patients to the group therapist. In the present study the combined roles were designated as "Group Therapist-Clinical Administrator" (GT-CA). The group therapy was of an eclectic type with an emphasis on goal-direction. The control patients received routine hospital treatment and were seen when the hospital doctor made rounds. This study did not test directly the separate contributions of group therapy and administration to treatment outcome. The prediction was that more constructive behavior change as measured by multiple criteria will occur in the experimental patients as compared to the controls.
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