The Influence of Reserpine on a Disturbed Male Ward and a Method for Assessing This
- 1 July 1956
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Journal of Mental Science
- Vol. 102 (428) , 546-549
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.102.428.546
Abstract
When we commenced using reserpine in our disturbed male ward we were impressed by the calming effect which this produced in many of the patients and by the fact that the ward as a whole became quieter. In order to confirm these impressions we created a method which enabled us to express the behaviour of the patients in a graph. We thus had a simple means of comparing one clinical state with another and of assessing the influence of the therapeutic measures used.Keywords
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