Effect of drug ritual changes on schizophrenic patients.
Am J Psychiatry
; 133(3): 284-9, 1976 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-3979
ABSTRACT
The author evaluated the charts of 115 chronic schizophrenic patients who regularly attended a follow-up group to determine whether changes in long-standing medication regimens produced an increased dropout rate, decreased attendance, or psychotic decompensation. He found that although there were nonsignificant trends showing a relationship between medication change and group attendance for individual patients, there were no significant difference between group attendance and change or no change in medication routine for the group of patients as a whole. He concludes that necessary changes in medication routines for chronic schizophrenic patients are safe.
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Assunto principal:
Psicotrópicos
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Esquizofrenia
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
1976
Tipo de documento:
Article