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Rauwolfia Alkaloids and Reserpine in the Treatment of the Chronic Psychotic Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Charmian Elkes
Charmian Elkes*
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All Saints Hospital, Birmingham
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Reports on the use of Rauwolfia alkaloids in the treatment of the mentally disturbed and on the remarkable central properties of this group of agents have encouraged a trial of the effect of both mixed Rauwolfia alkaloids, and of reserpine in the management and treatment of the chronic psychotic patient.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 103 , Issue 432 , July 1957 , pp. 464 - 474
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1957 

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