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A Trial of Thioridazine in Mental Deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. N. Badham ,
L. M. Bardon ,
P. O. Reeves  and
A. M. Young
J. N. Badham
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans
L. M. Bardon
Affiliation:
Junior Hospital Medical Officer, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans
P. O. Reeves
Affiliation:
Royal Eastern Counties Hospital, Colchester
A. M. Young
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans
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The majority of subnormal and severely subnormal patients do not present behaviour problems provided planned daily occupation of mind and body is achieved. In a large mental deficiency hospital, however, there is usually a group of grossly disturbed patients whose behaviour is frequently or continually disturbed, and who fail to respond adequately to drug therapy. These patients present a serious nursing problem since they occupy a disproportionate amount of the nurse's time.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 109 , Issue 460 , May 1963 , pp. 408 - 410
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1963

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Read at a Meeting of the Mental Deficiency Section of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association, April 11th, 1962.

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