Good lord. Someone should have engaged in some editor-to-author verbal
aggression.

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Robin Pearce Abrahams              
Boston University    
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, David Epstein wrote:

> I just happened across this...
> 
> William Fals-Stewart, Todd B. Kashdan, Timothy J. O'Farrell, and Gary
> R. Birchler.  Behavioral couples therapy for drug-abusing patients:
> effects on partner violence.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
> 22 (2): 87-96, March 2002.
> 
> Abstract
> 
>   "Using data from a previous investigation, the purpose of the
>   present study was to examine the effect of Behavioral Couples
>   Therapy (BCT) on the prevalence of partner violence among married or
>   cohabiting substance-abusing men (N = 80). Participants were
>   randomly assigned to receive either BCT or individual-based
>   treatment (IBT). The proportion of couples who engaged in
>   male-to-female physical aggression was--"
> 
> [record-scratching sound effect]
> 
> "Couples who engaged in male-to-female physical aggression"?
> 
> If this is April Fool's phraseology, it ain't funny.
> 
> --David Epstein
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