Token economy: Patient and staff changes

A token economy program conducted with severely regressed, “backward” state hospital patients is described. An evaluation of the effects of the reinforcement program after one year has revealed substantial gains in patient eating, grooming, and dressing behavior and involvement in activities on and...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy 1972-02, Vol.10 (1), p.29-34
Main Authors: McReynolds, William T., Coleman, Janice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Attitude
Behavior Therapy
Conditioning, Operant
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Mental Disorders - therapy
Middle Aged
Motivation
Personnel, Hospital
Professional-Patient Relations
Reward
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Summary:A token economy program conducted with severely regressed, “backward” state hospital patients is described. An evaluation of the effects of the reinforcement program after one year has revealed substantial gains in patient eating, grooming, and dressing behavior and involvement in activities on and off the ward. In addition, several measures of staff attitudes toward patients evidence meaningful gains in staff expectations about the treatability of patients and the degree of the latters' psychological deficit.
ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(72)90004-6