Choice of Antipsychotic Drugs
LEO E. HOLLISTER M.D.1
1 Medical investigator and associate chief of staff, Veterans Administration Hospital, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. 94304
Antipsychotic drugs are the most useful treatment available for the most serious psychiatric disorders. Despite the plethora of available drugs, a rational choice of few will provide a full range of therapeutic effects. One must always choose drugs in relation to the special needs of individual patients. A properly chosen drug may be preferable to polypharmacy; as in architecture, "less may be more."
