Persuasion and healing : a comparative study of psychotherapy.
- New York : Schocken Press, 1963.
- vi, 282 p.; 21 cm.
- Schocken paperback edition .
Contents: Psychotherapy in America today A Conceptual framework for psychotherapy Religious healing The placebo effect in medical and psychological treatment Religious revivalism and thought reform Experimental studies of persuasion The psychiatrist and the patient Individual psychotherapy Group Psychotherapy Institutional group influences Symptom relief and attitude change American psychotherapy in perspective