Comparison of Haloperidol and Fluphenazine in Disturbed Children
GLORIA FARETRA M.D.1,
LILLIAN DOOHER M.D.2, , and
JEAN DOWLING M.D.2
1 Director, Queens Children's Psychiatric Hospital, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, N. Y. 11427
2 Staff psychiatrists, Queens Children's Psychiatric Hospital, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, N. Y. 11427
The new major tranquilizer, haloperidol, was compared with fluphenazine in the treatment of disturbed children, most of them schizophrenic. While the overall effectiveness of the two drugs was similar, haloperidol appeared more effective in reducing provocativeness and autism; it also seemed to act more quickly.
