Choice of Antipsychotic Drugs

LEO E. HOLLISTERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.2.186

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Antipsychotic drugs are the most useful treatment available for the most serious psychiatric disorders. Despite the plethora of available drugs, a rational choice of few will provide a full range of therapeutic effects. One must always choose drugs in relation to the special needs of individual patients. A properly chosen drug may be preferable to polypharmacy; as in architecture, "less may be more."

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 2 • August 1970

Pages: 186 - 190

PubMed: 5528794

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Published in print: August 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LEO E. HOLLISTER

Medical investigator and associate chief of staff, Veterans Administration Hospital, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. 94304

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