Abstract
This paper describes an operant program used to treat a hospitalized schizophrenic patient with frequent visual hallucinations and severe obsessive compulsive behaviors. Both reinforcement and punishment paradigms were utilized in an attempt to eliminate the unusual overt behaviors which defined hallucinatory periods. The data support the hypothesis that hallucinations are subject to operant control. A generalized strategy for extending this procedure to other hallucinating schizophrenics is discussed.
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