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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 113
  • Number 6
  • December 1956

Article

Publication date: 01 December 1956

Pages530–539

The ataractic drugs are so called from their ability to produce ataraxy: freedom from confusion and anxiety. In a veterans psychiatric unit of 550 beds with a high rate of admissions and discharges, chlorpromazine and reserpine have been intensively ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.6.530

Publication date: 01 December 1956

Pages540–545

In conclusion, we believe that chlorpromazine has established itself as a useful therapeutic tool in the treatment of mental illness. It is a relatively safe drug, and although the side-effects are many, serious or permanent sequelae are almost unknown. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.6.540

Publication date: 01 December 1956

Pages546–547

In this group of 50 chronic schizophrenic patients, half of whom received Ritalin and half an identical appearing placebo the Ritalin was without demonstrable effect. Six of those on Ritalin showed a decrease in appetite, abdominal discomfort, and weight ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.6.546

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