Performance on a token economy psychiatric ward: A two year summary

A token economy psychiatric hospital ward for chronic schizophrenic male and female patients is described in detail. After two years, 13 patients had been discharged, 6 were hospital employees, 12 had earned many privilegas on the token ward, 12 had earned very few privileges and 9 had been removed...

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Published inBehaviour research and therapy Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors Lloyd, Kenneth E., Abel, Leonard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.1970
Subjects
Adult
Behavior Therapy
Female
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Schizophrenia - therapy
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Summary:A token economy psychiatric hospital ward for chronic schizophrenic male and female patients is described in detail. After two years, 13 patients had been discharged, 6 were hospital employees, 12 had earned many privilegas on the token ward, 12 had earned very few privileges and 9 had been removed from the ward. The patients in these five terminal positions were compared on age, years-in-hospital, prescribed drugs and diagnosis. The median years-in-hospital for discharged patients was lower than the median for the other four terminal positions. Otherwise comparisons of these variables revealed no consistent trends. The proportion of time the patients spent out of the hospital was greater after entering the token ward than before entering it. The two-thirds of patient movements from one of the five positions to another were in the direction of improvement of socially acceptable behavior.
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ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(70)90027-6