Systematic desensitization is an effective therapeutic technique for some schizophrenic subjects. This neither refutes nor supports Wolpe's statement that psychosis is due to biochemical or physiological changes. It simply reaffirms that all learned behavior can be unlearned, even with schizophrenics.
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Cowden et al. (1962) studied this question.
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