Clinical Applications of Behaviour Modification Techniques with Long Stay Psychiatric Patients . Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Leeds, and Stanley Royd Hospital, Wakefield.

Abstract

This is the final report of work carried out between 1970 and 1976, at Stanley Royd Hospital, investigating the usefulness of operant procedures in the modification of the behaviour of long stay schizophrenic patients. This research has resulted in numerous publications (e.g. Hall and Baker, 1973; Baker et al. 1974) and some have yet to appear; all are listed in the appendix. The report presents the background to the project, together with the sequence of investigations carried out, and gives coherence to the published results. Since the project began, the use of behavioural methods in the treatment of institutionalized patients has increased considerably, and it is important that this be supported by carefully designed research projects of this nature.