THE EFFECT OF MERATRAN ON TWENTY-FIVE INSTITUTIONALIZED MENTAL PATIENTS

J. W. SCHUT and H. E. HIMWICHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 111, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.837

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A study was conducted on 25 institutionalized psychotic patients with chronic courses, selected because of their depressive and/or regressive symptoms.

Meratran was found to be a central nervous system stimulant useful in the field of psychiatry and with certain indications and contraindications: (1) indications: (a) schizophrenics without delusions having restriction of interest and activity and with depressant features, (b) psycho-motor retardation and/or blocking of communication, (c) long-term hospitalized schizophrenics with severe deterioration; (2) contraindications: (a) patients with delusions, (b) patients with anxiety, (c) disturbed patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 111 • Number 11 • May 1955

Pages: 837 - 840

PubMed: 14361773

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Published in print: May 1955

Published online: 1 April 2006

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J. W. SCHUT

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H. E. HIMWICH

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THE EFFECT OF MERATRAN ON TWENTY-FIVE INSTITUTIONALIZED MENTAL PATIENTS

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