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Reserpine (“Serpasil”) in Mental Deficiency Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Fischer
E. Fischer*
Affiliation:
Cell Barnes Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
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The therapeutic problems confronting those of us engaged in mental deficiency practice are manifold. This is due to the varied and mixed population inhabiting our hospitals.

There is the group known as “high grade” with intelligence quotients of 75 per cent. upwards who are admitted on account of their social inadequacy due to emotional maladjustment, sexual deviations and other psychopathic behaviour problems. The “low” and “medium grade” with intelligence quotients of 25 to 60 per cent., in addition to their deviant behaviour are intellectually so low that they could not cope outside an institution.

It is the aim of the psychiatrist to rehabilitate the former group and here in our hospital we have a very active programme to accomplish this end. The latter group are, however, an ever-pressing therapeutic problem on account of the frequency of psychomotor excitement, noisiness and destructiveness.

The present study was designed to assess the effectiveness of the new drug Reserpine in controlling deviant behaviour in such mentally defective patients.

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Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 102 , Issue 428 , July 1956 , pp. 542 - 545
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1956 

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