A psychofeedback approach to schizophrenia.
Annitto (1981) has criticized my work on the nature of hallucinations (March 1979). One of his points--the need to take the patient's affective state into account--is valid. His other criticisms--that I propose to use my outline of hallucination types for diagnostic purposes and that I have blamed the patient--are serious misconstructions of my work. A number of psychological techniques used for alleviating hallucinations in an acute schizophrenic patient are described. A psychofeedback approach, based on the biofeedback model used in psychosomatic medicine, is proposed as a modifying treatment for some schizophrenic patients.
D000339:Affect; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology