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The Response of the Neurotic Personality to Abreaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Anthony Hordern*
Affiliation:
Claybury Hospital, Woodford Green, Essex

Extract

The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to results achieved in selected neurotic cases treated by short-term abreactive techniques in St. Clement's Hospital during recent months. Patients usually stay in for about two months; as yet it is too early to assess long-term results of this form of treatment, but it is felt that some of the initial results are extremely encouraging.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1952 

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