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Caffeine: use and Effects in Long-Stay Psychiatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

K. M. Mayo ,
W. Falkowski  and
C. A. H. Jones
K. M. Mayo
Affiliation:
Springfield Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
W. Falkowski*
Affiliation:
Springfield (University Designated) Hospital and St George's Hospital Medical School
C. A. H. Jones
Affiliation:
Crawley Hospital
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In a double-blind crossover study of 26 long-stay schizophrenic patients, no correlation was found between caffeine consumption and levels of anxiety and depression. No significant changes in patients' behaviour or levels of anxiety and depression occurred when the wards changed to decaffeinated products. Serum caffeine levels confirmed compliance. No evidence was found to support a removal of caffeinated products from this group of patients.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 4 , April 1993 , pp. 543 - 545
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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