Experience with the Use of Chlorpromazine and Reserpine in Psychiatry

Abstract

THE introduction of the tranquilizing or ataraxic drugs in the treatment of mental illness during 1954 resulted in widespread research in the use of these agents and numerous publications of the findings. Varying results have been obtained, and diverse programs for administration have been suggested. Despite differences in dosage ranges and duration of therapies, most practitioners who have used the ataraxics recognize their role in providing symptomatic relief in many types of psychiatric disorders and in facilitating the introduction of adjunctive therapies and the management of patients. Some practitioners believe that the drugs have brought about or helped bring about . . .