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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 128, No. 2

Articles | August 01, 1971

"Coffee and...": A Way to Treat the Untreatable

RUTH MASNIK; LUIGI BUCCI; DAVID ISENBERG; WILLIAM NORMAND

Am J Psychiatry 1971;128:164-167.

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Psychiatric Social Worker at the Mental Health Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital, 1901 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10029

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College and Attending Psychiatrist at the Mental Health Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital, 1901 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10029

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College and Director of Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Metropolitan Hospital, 1901 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10029

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors describe a socialization program for outpatients, most of them chronic schizophrenics, that accepts the patients' regressed state and their need to gratify their exaggerated oral dependent strivings. A total of 39 patients were involved in the program for eight months. At the end of that period, 15 of the 39 showed a noticeable improvement in social functioning.

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