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Pain-Elicited Aggression and Behaviour Therapy

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The relevance of experimental and theoretical studies of pain-elicited aggression for behaviour therapy is indicated. This phenomenon has been observed to occur in human beings during the conduct of behaviour therapy and can interfere with therapeutic progress. Suggestions for reducing the occurrence of pain-elicited aggression are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Psychiatry, London University, USA

    S. Rachman

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I am grateful to C. Blakemore and P. Brown for supplying additional information about the patients described in the work with which they were associated.

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Rachman, S. Pain-Elicited Aggression and Behaviour Therapy. Psychol Rec 15, 465–467 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393617

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