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Psychotic Children and Behavior Modification

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.11.1585

The author describes the techniques of an operant conditioning treatment program for psychotic children that has both curative and palliative objectives. He outlines several major implications of the work for the understanding of these children. Of particular interest was the surprisingly limited response capability of some of the children, even when motivation was high.

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