ON UTILIZING INSTITUTIONALIZED MENTAL PATIENTS TO INFLUENCE OTHER PATIENTS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICALLY
Frederic Storchheim M. D.1
1 Milwaukee County Asylum for Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wisc.
Can a patient, whose personality agrees with that of another patient, influence that patient favorably from a psychotherapeutic standpoint? An answer in the affirmative appears indicated by several observations of the writer. These observations were all made on chronic wards. Usually a homosexual component was noted. was not of serious import and did not interfere with the beneficial results of the patient relationships.
