WHAT HAPPENS TO RETURNED TRANQUILIZING DRUG PATIENTS ? AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE DISCHARGES

WERNER TUTEUR, ROCHUS STILLER, and JACOB GLOTZERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 116, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.6.547

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A note of optimism is indicated regarding the future of hospital-returned tranquilizing drug patients. At the close of 4 years of an extended chlorpromazine study on once extremely disturbed mental patients, 24 of 101 returned patients were once more outside the institution. Some of these had been discharged and returned two or three times. These 24 amount to 23.7% of the total returnees. Returned tranquilizing drug patients must, therefore, not become "forgotten people," but deserve further interest and consideration.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 116 • Number 6 • December 1959

Pages: 547 - 548

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Published in print: December 1959

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WERNER TUTEUR

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ROCHUS STILLER

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JACOB GLOTZER

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Clinical Director, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

Senior Psychiatrist, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

Staff Psychologist, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO RETURNED TRANQUILIZING DRUG PATIENTS ? AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE DISCHARGES

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