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Serum creatine phosphokinase levels and assaultive behaviour of psychotic patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John S. Isaacs  and
Jerome A. Yesavage
John S. Isaacs
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Jerome A. Yesavage*
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Jerome A. Yesavage Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Synopsis

Serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels were compared with assaultive behaviour by 46 psychiatric patients. Significant relationships were found between CPK level and violent behaviour prior to admission and CPK level and seclusion as a danger to others while in hospital. No relationship was found between CPK level and assaultiveness while in hospital.

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Preliminary Communication
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 229 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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