The effects of chlorpromazine on learning in chronic psychotics.

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An attempt is made to explore chlorpromazine effects on different aspects of the learning process and on verbalized social adaptation in a group of hospitalized chronic psychotic patients. The drug does not significantly affect the learning process, but does have influence on motivation. It has a significant effect on improving responses to items judged to involve social adaptation. The overall results indicate that those who received the drug learned a motor task at the same rate as those who were not receiving the drug. The drug increases the motivational level of chronic psychotics The findings support the hypothesis that motivation is a key factor in learning deficit found in psychotic groups.

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