American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 113
- Number 11
- May 1957
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages972–9781. 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.972Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages979–983We found promazine and mepazine to be of value in the treatment of psychotic patients with acute and chronic symptomatology. In the acute patients both promazine and mepazine yielded social recoveries as well as lesser degrees of improvement. One patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.979Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages984–9871. Fifty psychiatric patients treated with promazine hydrochloride, a new phenothiazine derivative, are reviewed. 2. The drug was effective in one-third of the patients treated, but only in those who demonstrated marked anxiety. 3. Dosages and methods of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.984Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages988–9901. A controlled study was made of the effects of oral chlorpromazine on chronic neurotic tension states in 21 male inpatients. 2. The dosage ranged from 150-300 mg. daily. 3. Cases treated with chlorpromazine showed no greater improvement than those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.988Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages991–992This case demonstrates two points to be remembered with Thorazine; namely, that the dosage does not have to be high to produce agranulocytosis in susceptible patients, and that even when Thorazine has been withdrawn and replaced by energetic treatment and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.991Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages993–996Meratran and Frenquel were administered by a double-blind procedure to 63 chronic psychotics whose behavior was rated by psychiatric residents, nurses, and aides. Frenquel produced no significant changes in the rated behavior. Meratran seemed to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.993Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages997–10081. This is a preliminary report of a study designed to investigate the mode of action of ECT and the degree to which various physiological, biochemical and psychological factors in patients were related to its effectiveness. Thirty-six patients were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.997Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages1009–1012Of 73 psychotic patients treated with insulin, alternate patients received deep and light insulin coma therapy. The therapeutic results were evaluated in terms of immediate clinical and psychological improvement and follow-up study. By the criteria used ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.11.1009Publication date: 01 May 1957
Pages1024–1029Four Groups of patients, each consisting of 1,000 consecutive first admissions to the Pennsylvania Hospital, have been followed for 5 years from the time of their first admission to a psychiatric hospital. The sample covers a span of more than 30 years in ...
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