An Unusual Response to Chlorpromazine Therapy
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 121 (563) , 439-440
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.121.4.439
Abstract
The production of a catatonic-like state in animals by phenothiazines and related compounds (‘experimental catatonia’) is an important laboratory test in the assessment of neuroleptics (Joyce, 1968). This response is, however, uncommon in humans who are receiving therapeutic doses of this type of drug. Such a case is described, and some of the literature concerning this subject is reviewed.Keywords
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