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Paul Charles Dubois was a Swiss neuropathologist born in 1848 who introduced the concept of "persuasion therapy". He believed in appealing to a patient's intellect and reason to change negative behaviors through rational dialogue. Dubois studied medicine at the University of Bern and became a professor of neuropathology there in 1902. He is considered one of the first modern proponents of cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Paul Charles Dubois - Wikipedia

Paul Charles Dubois was a Swiss neuropathologist born in 1848 who introduced the concept of "persuasion therapy". He believed in appealing to a patient's intellect and reason to change negative behaviors through rational dialogue. Dubois studied medicine at the University of Bern and became a professor of neuropathology there in 1902. He is considered one of the first modern proponents of cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Paul Charles Dubois

Paul Charles Dubois (28 November 1848


– 4 November 1918) was a Swiss
neuropathologist who was a native of La
Chaux-de-Fonds.
Paul Charles Dubois

Born November 28, 1848

Died November 4, 1918


(aged 69)

Citizenship Swiss

Known for "persuasion therapy"

Medical career

Research neuropathologist
He studied medicine at the University of
Bern, and in 1876 was a general
practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was
interested in psychosomatic medicine,
eventually gaining a reputation as a
highly regarded psychotherapist. In 1902
he became a professor of
neuropathology at Bern. Dubois was
influenced by the writings of German
psychiatrist Johann Christian August
Heinroth (1773–1843).

Dubois is known for the introduction of


"persuasion therapy", a process that
employed a rational approach for
treatment of neurotic disorders. Within
this discipline, he developed a
psychotherapeutic methodology that was
a form of Socratic dialogue, using the
doctor-patient relationship as a means to
persuade the patient to change his/her
behavior. He believed it was necessary to
appeal to a patient's intellect and reason
in order to eliminate negative and self-
destructive habits. He also maintained it
was necessary for the physician to
convince the patient of the irrationality of
his/her neurotic feelings and thought
processes. Dubois was disdainful of
hypnotic therapy.

Dubois has been described as "the first


significant modern proponent" of a
rational therapy or cognitive therapy, and
for some time in the early 20th century it
had competed in popularity with Freudian
psychoanalysis, especially in the USA,
but is little known today.[1]

His best known written work was the


1904 Les psychonévroses et leur
traitement moral, being later translated
into English as "Psychic Treatment of
Nervous Disorders (The Psychoneuroses
and Their Moral Treatment)". The preface
of this book was written by his friend,
neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine
(1849–1917). Another influential
publication by Dubois was a "mind over
matter" treatise titled De l'influence de
l'esprit sur le corps. Dubois was also an
editor of Constantin von Monakow's
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und
Psychiatrie (Swiss Archive for Neurology
and Psychiatry).

References
1. Robertson, D (2010). The Philosophy
of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy:
Stoicism as Rational and Cognitive
Psychotherapy . London: Karnac.
p. 19. ISBN 978-1-85575-756-1.
Theodore Millon (2004). Masters of the
Mind . John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-
0-471-46985-8.
AntiQbook, Psychic Treatment of
Nervous Disorders
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