Inpatient rehabilitation of chronic schizophrenic patients with a behavior therapy token reinforcement program
Hubmann, W.; Bender, W.; Vaitl, P.; Steinbacher, I.; Scholz, L.
Psychiatrische Praxis 16(1): 36-42
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4259 PMID: 2710857 Document Number: 341572
The efficacy of a token economy system was assessed in a study involving 76 chronic schizophrenics who were inpatients during a treatment period of four years. The interrelations between therapeutic success on the one hand, and socio-economic as well as course of disease-related factors on the other were studied, including psychopathology and the efficacy of token economy.