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A Case Report

ALBERTO DiMASCIO, M.A.; GEORGE W. BROOKS, M.D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4(5):513-516.

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As part of the procedure for investigating the physiological concomitants of psychotherapy,^1,2 a patient was observed, throughout the course of his treatment, by a group of observers whom he did not know and with whom he had no contact. Six months after the termination of this treatment, the patient returned for a follow-up interview. During this interview the patient was asked how he had felt about the unseen research-observer team. He replied that he felt ". . . somewhat more uncomfortable now (during the follow-up therapy) than I had during the latter part of the actual therapy." This was due, he reported to the fact that he thought some of the observers might have changed in the 5-month interval, that he had "developed a feeling of rapport with the previous observers" (whom he had never seen nor talked with), and that he . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations

Principal Investigator, Psychopharmacology Research Project, Massachusetts Mental Health Center (Mr. DiMascio); Director of Research and Training, Vermont State Hospital, Waterbury, Vt. (Dr. Brooks). Studies completed while Dr. Brooks was on an SKF Fellowship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.

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