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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 131, No. 3

Articles | March 01, 1974

Rapid "Digitalization" of Decompensated Schizophrenic Patients with Antipsychotic Agents

PATRICK T. DONLON; JOE P. TUPIN

Am J Psychiatry 1974;131:310-312.

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Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Davis, 2252 45th St., Sacramento, Calif. 95817

Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Davis, 2252 45th St., Sacramento, Calif. 95817

1974, The American Psychiatric Association

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The authors describe a method of administering high dosages of the more potent, less sedating antipsychotic drugs to schizophrenic patients to promote the patients' rapid improvement. This method has been effective in keeping the periods of hospitalization of more than 150 schizophrenic patients brief, and the patients have been managed in an open ward community setting.

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