Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quiet criticism. But the tide has been rising until it calls for organized effort to stem it." Their immediate goal: "To stop, by appeals to reason and conscience, and if necessary by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people." Ultimately, they hoped "to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike...
...analytic forms) traditionally work on a one-to-one basis, with the reassurance that it's all confidential. The 750 members of the American Group Psychotherapy Association who met a fortnight ago in Washington exchanged reports on a diametrically opposed theory: that for many patients, in many circumstances, treatment in groups is better than solo therapy. In most cases, it is at least better than no treatment...
Readymade Group. Perhaps because Americans are notorious joiners, group psychotherapy is the most distinctively American contribution to treatment of the mentally ill. The system had a false dawn as far back as 1905, when a tuberculosis specialist found that his patients benefited from regular meetings. But the emotional aspects of TB were not then understood, and a quarter-century passed before a few pioneers began to reason that some people get sick from their reactions to other people, and that when they get better they still have to live with other people. In the meantime, said the theorists...
...their bravado, they were all virgins. The group sessions on sex became tense, often punctuated by uncontrollable laughter used to cover up doubts and fears. Within a year, though, the boys toned down in both dress and behavior. The self-constituted group, the therapists decided, had been readymade for treatment...
...delinquents who have completed the treatment, only two have been haled into court again. And START (Short-Term Adolescent Resident Training) programs are being extended to seven more centers in the state...