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Contributions to Rehabilitation from Behavioural Psychology: Then and Now

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Gregory C. Murphy ,
Amanda E. Young  and
Katharine Reid
Gregory C. Murphy*
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Australia
Amanda E. Young
Affiliation:
Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute, USA
Katharine Reid
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Gregory Murphy, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia. Email: G.Murphy@latrobe.edu.au
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Abstract

This paper analyses the contribution of behaviourally-oriented psychologists to the field of rehabilitation. Following a brief description of the prominent contribution of behavioural psychology in the period 1950—1970, an analysis of the contents of four contemporary North American behaviour therapy and rehabilitation journals suggests that there is currently little behaviourally-oriented rehabilitation research being published, even though rehabilitation settings in North America have provided the most positions of employment for psychologists over the recent past. It is concluded that, locally, Australian behavioural psychologists could make a valuable contribution to the nation's public health effort by increasing their prominence as researchers and practitioners within the field of rehabilitation.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , 01 December 2003 , pp. 218 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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