Intensive therapy of endogenous psychoses
Vovin, R.Ia.; Gurevich, Z.P.; Skorik, A.I.; Zatonskaia, M.S.; Kiunnapu, I.V.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 80(6): 909-914
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 7415714 Document Number: 164009
A reduction of hospital stay facilitates the readaptation of mental patients. One of the conditions for implementing short hospitalization is the intensity of biological treatment: i.v. drip administration of drugs with a rapid increase of doses, rapid neuroleptization and combination of psychotropic drugs (haloperidol, aminazine, seduxen, melipramine, tisercin, triphthazine) with methods of a general biological influence. A study of 100 patients treated routinely demonstrated that intensive therapy significantly reduces hospitalization time and promotes remissions. Intensive therapy is desirable only in acute psychoses and during the early stages of its development.