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Behavioural Family Intervention in Schizophrenia: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Noel McCune
Noel McCune
Affiliation:
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
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Abstract

A case study is described which illustrates the use of behavioural techniques in a family intervention where the patient had been diagnosed as having schizophrenia. The relative merits of behavioural techniques and the difficulties encountered in applying them are noted.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 329 - 334
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1988

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