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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 116, No. 6

CLINICAL NOTES | December 01, 1959

WHAT HAPPENS TO RETURNED TRANQUILIZING DRUG PATIENTS ? AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE DISCHARGES

WERNER TUTEUR; ROCHUS STILLER; JACOB GLOTZER

Am J Psychiatry 1959;116:547-548.

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Clinical Director, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

Senior Psychiatrist, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

Staff Psychologist, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Ill.

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A note of optimism is indicated regarding the future of hospital-returned tranquilizing drug patients. At the close of 4 years of an extended chlorpromazine study on once extremely disturbed mental patients, 24 of 101 returned patients were once more outside the institution. Some of these had been discharged and returned two or three times. These 24 amount to 23.7% of the total returnees. Returned tranquilizing drug patients must, therefore, not become "forgotten people," but deserve further interest and consideration.

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