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Tranquillizers, a Latin Square Trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

M. J. Craft*
Affiliation:
Balderton Hospital, Balderton, Notts

Extract

This study is an attempt to assess the value of certain drugs commonly used in psychiatric practice in decreasing the hyperactivity of patients. It is one of a series investigating tranquillizers and mental disorder in mental deficiency practice (Craft 1958).

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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