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A Psycho-Pharmacological Study of Schizophrenia, with Particular Reference to the Mode of Action of Cardiazol, Sodium Amytal and Alcohol in Schizophrenic Stupor

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W. P. Berrington
W. P. Berrington*
Affiliation:
West Park Hospital (L.C.C.), Surrey
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There is already a comprehensive literature on the convulsion treatment of schizophrenia, and it is not the purpose of this paper either to attempt to assess these results, or to claim therapeutic success, or failure, in the cases mentioned here.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 85 , Issue 356 , May 1939 , pp. 406 - 488
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1939 

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