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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 124, No. 12

Articles | June 01, 1968

Psychotherapy Research: Inertia, Recruitment, and National Policy

CLYDE H. WARD; JOHN C. RICHARDS

Am J Psychiatry 1968;124:1712-1714.

Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 203 Piersol Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104

Staff psychiatrist, Penn Foundation for Mental Health, Sellersville, Pa.

1967-68, American Psychiatric Association

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The much-attested reluctance of clinicians to join in psychotherapy research was tested by presenting a clinically optimal proposal to 100 of the best qualified therapists in Philadelphia. Extensive interview follow-ups demonstrated a resistance so intense that probably no more than 25 percent of the clinicians could ever be recruited. Collaborative multi-group effort is seen as the best solution to this "inertia" problem.

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