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ERIC Number: EJ244990
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Feb
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Behavior Therapy versus Psychoanalysis: Therapeutic and Social Implications.
Wolpe, Joseph
American Psychologist, v36 n2 p159-64 Feb 1981
That psychoanalytic theory has not been displaced by the behavioral theory of neurosis is remarkable in view of the persuasive evidence that exists for the efficacy of behavior therapy. One reason for this seems to be the persistence of widespread misperceptions of behavior therapy. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Neurosis, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Therapists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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