HALOPERIDOL—A PRELIMINARY CLINICAL STUDY
ARTHUR P. HOLSTEIN M.D.1, and
CALVIN H. CHEN M.D., M.Sc. (Med.)2
1 Research Psychiatrist, Northville State Hospital, Northville, Mich.
2 Director of Education and Research, Northville State Hospital, and Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
Haloperidol appears to be an effective tranquilizer in schizophrenic reactions accompained by paranoid symptomatology, and in other mental illnesses where paranoid symptoms are prominent.
Extrapyramidal tract symptoms occurred, but were easily controlled with anti-Parkinsonian medication.
