In the literature dealing with the relationship of behavioural therapy to other forms of psychotherapy the psychiatric practitioner is faced with a number of apparently dichotomous positions. The general psychiatrist whose practice usually calls for an eclectic approach has to come to terms with these apparently antithetical approaches. With this in mind, three different but related polarities are discussed — behaviourism versus psychodynamics; integration versus segregation; and autonomy versus control.
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