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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 128, No. 8

Articles | February 01, 1972

Monkey Psychiatrists

STEPHEN J. SUOMI; HARRY F. HARLOW; WILLIAM T. McKINNEY, JR.

Am J Psychiatry 1972;128:927-932.

Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Research Associate in the Primate Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Primate Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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Most efforts that have been made to reverse the effects of isolation on monkeys have been unsuccessful. The authors report on successful rehabilitation through the use of "therapist" monkeys. The therapists, three months younger than the isolate monkeys, initiated social contact in a nonthreatening manner. Within six months, the isolates' disturbance behaviors had nearly disappeared and they displayed normal age-appropriate social and play behaviors.

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