CARPHENAZINE THERAPY OF ACUTELY PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
Abstract
Twenty-eight patients who were acutely psychotic at the time of admission to the psychiatric ward of a general hospital were treated with carphenazine. Twenty-one patients (75%) were returned to the community as having recovered, after a median hospital stay of 25 days. This preliminary report indicates that carphenazine has a similar improvement rate to that of the more commonly used phenothiazines. Thus, it appears to have a wider range of activity than previously reported.
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