Further Reading Suggested by the Authors
Persuasion and Healing by Jerome David Frank (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1961). A persuasive argument that psychotherapeutic effects are large attributable to suggestion.
Magic, Faith, and Healing by Ari Kiev (New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1964). Studies of indigenous psychiatric healers in primitive groups, which establish the importance of quasi-therapists.
Psychotherapy, The Purchase of Friendship by W. A. Schofield (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1964). A revision of the concept of mental disorder. It makes apparent the role played by quasi-therapists in alleviating important personal and social problems.
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Sechrest, L., Bryan, J.H. Astrologers as useful marriage conselors. Trans-action 6, 34–36 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02806209
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