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Published Online: December 1950

A METHOD OF EVALUATING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT : Results in a Study of Dibenamine

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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1. A method of evaluating a therapeutic agent in psychiatric disorders is described. [see Tabel 1 in source pdf]
2. Advantages and disadvantages of such a method are discussed.
3. This method is used in a study of the effects of dibenamine in 30 patients suffering from various psychiatric disorders.
4. It is demonstrated that in the dosage used dibenamine is not more effective than a placebo in the care of patients as described.
5. Nausea and vomiting occurred in 11 of 30 patients receiving dibenamine, as against 2 receiving placebo.
6. An increase of symptoms was found in 3 of 5 depressed patients receiving dibenamine.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 463 - 467
PubMed: 14838152

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Published in print: December 1950
Published online: 1 April 2006

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ALBERT J. STUNKARD
The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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