Behaviour modification mid-19th century style: Robert Brudenell Carter and the treatment of hysteria
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1Department of Clinical Psychology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
This paper describes the views on hysteria expressed by an English medical practitioner, Robert Brudenell Carter, in the mid-19th century. It is shown that these views, whilst differing in some respects, have a surprising amount in common with those of present-day behaviour modification.