CHLORPROMAZINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS. IV: FINAL RESULTS WITH ANALYSIS OF DATA ON 1,523 PATIENTS

HERMAN C. B. DENBER and ETTA G. BIRDAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.972

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1. Of 1, 523 patients treated with chlorpromazine from 1-15 months, 81.8% showed improvement.

2. Problems concerning dose, side-effects, and clinical results have been considered.

3. Female patients used higher doses, had a proportionately larger number of sideeffects, and showed a better discharge rate than males.

4. Some theoretical considerations of these findings have been reviewed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113 • Number 11 • May 1957

Pages: 972 - 978

PubMed: 13411275

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Published in print: May 1957

Published online: 1 April 2006

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HERMAN C. B. DENBER

Director of psychiatric research, Manhattan State Hospital, Ward's Island, New York, N. Y., and instructor in psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

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ETTA G. BIRD

Director of psychiatric research, Manhattan State Hospital, Ward's Island, New York, N. Y., and instructor in psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

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CHLORPROMAZINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS. IV: FINAL RESULTS WITH ANALYSIS OF DATA ON 1,523 PATIENTS

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