Token Economy Program in a Maximum Security Correctional Hospital

Editorial: To license or not to license? That is the question: Or, if we make a profession, will they come?

“…In the early 1970s, the state of the literature on behavioral interventions for inmates seemed promising for academic and behavioral problems in adult prison (Allyon & Roberts, 1973; Bassett, Blanchard, Harrison, & Wood, 1973; Bassett, Blanchard, & Koshland 1975; Clement & McKee, 1968; Schnelle & Lee, 1974; Levinson, Ingram, Azcante, 1968; Milan & McKee, 1974) and in psychiatric facilities for adult prisoners (Boren & Coleman, 1970; Coleman & Baker, 1969; Coleman & Boren, 1969; Lawson, Greene, Richardson, McClure & Padina, 1971) although follow up data was scarce.…”

An analysis of individual treatment on a token economy for chronic schizophrenic patients

“…Individual contingencies maximize the probability of effectiveness by focusing on specific problems. because of constraints imposed on the programme by research requirements; by the short period of time in operation (Lawson et al, 1971, set up a programme which lasted only 91 days and as a consequence no attempt was made to focus upon modifying the symptomatic behaviour of individual patients); or lastly by the large number of patients involved. For example, Arran & Horner (1972) had 37 patients and Atthowe & Krasner (1%8) 60 patients on their respective wards.…”