Conditioning Techniques in Clinical Practice and Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-24
The Conditional Reflex Function as an Aid in the Study of the Psychiatric Patient....Pages 25-43
Differential Diagnosis Between Psychogenic and Physical Pain....Pages 44-55
Physiological Patterns: A Diagnostic Test Procedure Based on the Conditioned Reflex Method....Pages 56-60
Peep-Show Audiometry....Pages 61-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-70
Objective Evaluation of Antidepressant Therapy by Conditional Reflex Technique....Pages 71-85
Changes in Avoidance Conditioning Following Psychotherapeutic Treatment....Pages 86-89
The Relationship of GSR Conditioning to Drinking Patterns of Alcoholics....Pages 90-98
Application of Conditioning Procedures in the Study of Aging....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-104
Conditioned Cerebral Responses in Normal Subjects and in Patients with Central Nervous System Diseases....Pages 105-115
Conditioning as a Cause of Asthmatic Attacks; A Laboratory Study....Pages 116-131
The Conditioned Inhibition of Uncinate Fits....Pages 132-143
The Formation and Extinction of Conditioned Reflexes in “Brain-Damaged” and Mongoloid Children....Pages 144-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-156
A Method of Creating Aversion to Alcohol by Reflex Conditioning in a Group Setting....Pages 157-164
An Investigation of a New Aversive Conditioning Treatment for Alcoholism....Pages 165-177
Aversion Therapy by Electric Shock: A Simple Technique....Pages 178-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-188
Management of Nocturnal Enuresis by Conditioned Response....Pages 189-195
The Use of Learning Theory in the Psychological Treatment of Children....Pages 196-201
The Treatment of Morphine Addiction in Tuberculosis by Pavlov’s Conditioning Method....Pages 202-205
Conditioning Technique of Psychoprophylactic Preparation of the Pregnant Woman....Pages 206-218
Front Matter....Pages 187-188
A New Treatment of Constipation by Conditioning: A Preliminary Report....Pages 219-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-230
Characteristics of the Behavior of Chronic Psychotics as Revealed by Free-Operant Conditioning Methods....Pages 231-254
Positive Reinforcement and Behavioral Deficits of Autistic Children....Pages 255-274
The Psychiatric Nurse as a Behavioral Engineer....Pages 275-289
Experimental Analysis of Hysterical Blindness....Pages 290-302
Reduction in Rate of Multiple Tics by Free-Operant Conditioning Methods....Pages 303-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-328