Rapid "Digitalization" of Decompensated Schizophrenic Patients with Antipsychotic Agents

PATRICK T. DONLON and JOE P. TUPINAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.3.310

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The authors describe a method of administering high dosages of the more potent, less sedating antipsychotic drugs to schizophrenic patients to promote the patients' rapid improvement. This method has been effective in keeping the periods of hospitalization of more than 150 schizophrenic patients brief, and the patients have been managed in an open ward community setting.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 3 • March 1974

Pages: 310 - 312

PubMed: 4812695

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Published in print: March 1974

Published online: 1 April 2006

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PATRICK T. DONLON

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JOE P. TUPIN

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Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Davis, 2252 45th St., Sacramento, Calif. 95817

Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Davis, 2252 45th St., Sacramento, Calif. 95817

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Rapid "Digitalization" of Decompensated Schizophrenic Patients with Antipsychotic Agents

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