Rapid treatment of acute psychotic symptoms with high- and low-dose haloperidol. Behavioral considerations
R. Neborsky, D. Janowsky, E. Munson and D. Depry
Twenty acutely psychotic male psychiatric inpatients were assigned to two
groups and treated with high- and low-dose haloperidol using a rapid
neuroleptization technique. A six-day maintenance phase followed. Both
groups improved at one hour, one day, and seven days after starting
treatment, and neither group differed as to degree or rapidity of symptom
alleviation. Therefore, the results of the study do not give experimental
support for the administration of high doses of haloperidol to young,
acutely psychotic inpatients with relatively good prognoses.
