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Observations on the management of depot neuroleptic therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. F. Wright
N. F. Wright*
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University Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20
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For the past three years I have been involved in a study of the effects of depot neuroleptic therapy on the social functioning of chronic schizophrenics with Dr D. A. W. Johnson. Having had to screen the bulk of the depot patients of two Area Health Authorities (South and Central Manchester) in the search for possible study entrants, and then monitor a large group of patients for two years who were under the clinical control of a range of Consultant Units, I have been in a good position to make observations about depot management. These are generalisations and may not apply equally to other psychiatric services, but I suspect they will have some relevance.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 10 , October 1990 , pp. 594 - 596
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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