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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 10

Articles | April 01, 1967

The Response to Group Psychotherapy of Aged Recent Admissions Compared with Long-Term Mental Hospital Patients

ROBERT L. WOLK; ALVIN I. GOLDFARB

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:1251-1257.

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Research Psychologist, Office of the Consultant on Special Services for the Aged, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 80-45 Winchester Boulevard, Queens Village 27, N. Y. 11427

Consultant on Special Services for the Aged, Office of the Consultant on Special Services for the Aged, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 80-45 Winchester Boulevard, Queens Village 27, N. Y. 11427

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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The effect of one year of group psychotherapy upon two types of geriatric patients in a state mental hospital was tested in a controlled study of long-term patients who had aged in the hospital, among whom a diagnosis of schizophrenia was prevalent, and recently admitted aged patients, among whom a diagnosis of chronic brain syndrome was prevalent. Improvement appeared to be more pronounced among the long-term patients, although the results indicated that group psychotherapy was beneficial to both groups.

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