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Misconceptions about Behaviour Therapy: Their Sources and Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Joseph Wolpe
Joseph Wolpe*
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Temple University School of Medicine and Medical College of Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Department of Psychiatry, Temple University School of Medicine and Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19129
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Abstract

Despite a well-documented record of notable success in the treatment of neuroses, behaviour therapy is little taught in academic departments. A major reason for this appears to be the existence of an unending stream of misinformation about it. This paper describes the essential features of modern behaviour therapy of the neuroses, and the range of its therapeutic effects. It outlines some major sources of misinformation and their stifling effect on the academic spread of behaviour therapy.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 9 - 15
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1986

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