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A Clinical Trial of Reserpine in the Treatment of Anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. S. Ferguson
R. S. Ferguson*
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Belmont Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
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One has to admit that the treatment of the mentally ill by psychological methods only leaves something to be desired, for even in the neuroses the long term results of psychotherapy are at times disappointing. Shorter methods of treatment, more economical of time and surer of outcome are constantly sought and, of course, there remains the very considerable problem of how to treat the not over-intelligent neurotic who can never hope to achieve profound self knowledge or insight.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 102 , Issue 426 , January 1956 , pp. 30 - 42
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1956 

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