Abstract
Behavior therapy has made significant advances in the treatment of psychiatric patients since the mid-1960s. The opportunity to apply behavior therapy in psychiatric settings, however, depends on administrative factors within the settings. Because behavior therapy is a relative newcomer to hospital treatment, crosscuts usual professional boundaries, and contradicts aspects of the medical model, it does not readily “fit” in the psychiatric hospital structure. The collective experience of behavior therapists in psychiatric settings points to common organizational issues that may arise in the hospital practice of behavior therapy.
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Dickerson, F.B. (1993). Hospital Structure and Professional Roles. In: Bellack, A.S., Hersen, M. (eds) Handbook of Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2430-8_7
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