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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 117, No. 6

CLINICAL NOTES | December 01, 1960

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MELLARIL IN EPILEPSY

MARIE M. FRAIN

Am J Psychiatry 1960;117:547-548.

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Wyoming State Hospital, Evanston, Wy.

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1. Mellaril is a smooth acting, efficient therapeutic agent in the treatment of the psychotic patient.2. Nausea is not masked.3. Side effects in this study have been negligible.4. Mellaril proceeds to aid psychotics with their behavioral problems over and beyond what thorazine is able to do.5. Fewer accidents reported during the 6 month period.6. Relatives visit chronic epileptics more often and receive greater pleasure from visiting, since all patients have been maintained, improved, or markedly improved.

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