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Once versus Thrice Daily Thiothixene in the Treatment of Schizophrenic In-Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Hillary Lee ,
Marc Branchey ,
E. Janet Haher ,
Ervin Varga  and
George M. Simpson
J. Hillary Lee
Affiliation:
Research Center, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, N.Y. 10962, U.S.A.
Marc Branchey
Affiliation:
Research Center, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, N.Y. 10962, U.S.A.
E. Janet Haher
Affiliation:
Research Center, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, N.Y. 10962, U.S.A.
Ervin Varga
Affiliation:
Research Center, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, N.Y. 10962, U.S.A.
George M. Simpson
Affiliation:
Research Center, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, N.Y. 10962, U.S.A.
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Reports have been accumulating in the literature attesting to the failure of patients, particularly out-patients, to take medication as prescribed (Stewart and Cluff, 1972; Moulding et al., 1970). The incidence of these failures, which may include anything from missing occasional doses to taking no medication at all, has been reported to range from 25–59 Per cent. In addition, it has not been possible to identify those patients who will have the highest failure rates (Blackwell, 1972). While most of the studies have involved medical patients, it is probably legitimate to assume that schizophrenic patients are at least as unreliable in taking medication as the medical patients. Thus, in one study of 125 psychiatric patients, Willcox et al. (1965) found that 48 per cent took no medication at all.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 584 , July 1974 , pp. 73 - 78
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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