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Evidence For Classical Projection Or Experimental Artifact: A Failure To Replicate, Phillip Wayne Green
Evidence For Classical Projection Or Experimental Artifact: A Failure To Replicate, Phillip Wayne Green
Graduate Theses
Classical, or Freudian projection is a concept which has been widely accepted by psychiatrists and clinical psychologists despite the lack of conclusive empirical evidence supporting its existence. A recent study using the psychodynamic activation technique resulted in evidence which would support classical projection. The present study utilized the same psychodynamic activation procedure using slightly different stimuli. This study resulted in evidence which would not support the concept of classical projection.
The Anti-Electroconvulsive Therapy Movement In Ontario A Description And Analysis, Karen T. Hooper
The Anti-Electroconvulsive Therapy Movement In Ontario A Description And Analysis, Karen T. Hooper
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Recently, a movement emerged in Ontario which attempted to ban the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a controversial psychiatric treatment. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the anti-ECT movement as a contemporary social movement. The research foci of this study pertained to: 1) the movement’s goals and organizational structure, 2) its resource mobilization efforts, and 3) the political environment in which it evolved. Three sources of data were used: key informant interviews, newspaper archives, and OHIP data depicting aggregate numbers of ECT use in Ontario. The anti-ECT movement developed from the activities of self-help groups within …