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The Influence of Reserpine on a Disturbed Male Ward and a Method for Assessing This

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. Ph. Hes  and
S. Bracha
J. Ph. Hes
Affiliation:
Of the “Talbieh” Psychiatric Hospital affiliated to the Medical School of the Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem
S. Bracha
Affiliation:
Of the “Talbieh” Psychiatric Hospital affiliated to the Medical School of the Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem
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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.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 102 , Issue 428 , July 1956 , pp. 546 - 549
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1956 

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