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J S Whiteley

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PubMed1997

Ethical issues in the therapeutic community.

The development of ethical standards in psychiatry has been largely during the past 30 years. Psychotherapy poses particular problems of an ethical nature and the therapeutic community with its apparent lack of professional distance between patients and professionals is a situation in which unethical practices could, and sometimes do develop. Nevertheless, the very nature of the close contact between professionals and patients in the therapeutic community can be a fruitful medium for the generation of a system of values and moral behavior in patients provided the professional staff are themselves aware of the inherent dangers and build in appropriate safeguards.

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PubMed1976

Predicting success in the treatment of psychopaths.

Factors from the social history of male psychopaths were examined in relation to their success or failure as measured by re-convictions of psychiatric hospital re-admissions 2-3 years after treatment at Henderson Hospital. From these data a weighted prediction formula was calculated and was tested out on a further cohort of patients. As a prediction instrument it was found to be reliable to a degree of significance just above the 1 per cent level. Other aspects of the subsequent career of treated patients are noted, in particular a tendency to early but often short-lived relapse and then longer standing success.

Antisocial Personality Disorder↗