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The social outcome of patients in a trial of long-term continuation therapy in schizophrenia: pimozide vs. fluphenazine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

I. Falloon ,
D. C. Watt  and
M. Shepherd
I. Falloon
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital, Stone, Aylesbury and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
D. C. Watt
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital, Stone, Aylesbury and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
M. Shepherd*
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital, Stone, Aylesbury and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor M. Shepherd, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

A blind social assessment at home was carried out twice during a year's follow-up of 41 patients on continuation therapy, 21 randomly allocated to pimozide tablets and 20 to fluphenazine decanoate injections. Patients on pimozide were significantly more favourably rated on aspects of sociability, use of leisure, warmth of personal relationships, household tasks and child-rearing. The mode of production of this result is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 265 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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