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Chlorpromazine in the Treatment of the Chronic Disturbed Schizophrenic Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

P. H. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Lancaster Moor Hospital

Extract

The pharmacology of chlorpromazine (Anton-Stephens, 1954; Hopkin, 1955) and its use in psychiatric practice (Garmany et al., 1954; Elkes et al., 1954; Charatan, 1954; Labhardt, 1954) have been described in several recent papers. The present paper briefly describes a controlled experiment on the use of the drug in a group of chronic disturbed schizophrenic patients, the object being to introduce as few variables as possible into the experimental situation, with a view to making the results as objective as is ever possible in a psychiatric investigation.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1956 

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