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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.8.1023

During its seven years of use at Mississippi State Hospital, perphenazine has been very effective in treating acutely ill patients and as maintenance therapy in nonhospitalized patients.

No attempt was made to compare perphenazine with other phenothiazines. It is our impression from the results obtained that perphenazine significantly reduces rehospitalization and total hospital time and effects a significantly better home adjustment.

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