TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacotherapy of hospitalized personality disorder patients
T2 - Four decades of clinical experience
AU - Stein, Dan J.
AU - Hollander, Eric
AU - Skodol, Andrew
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Chart review of patients on the General Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute has previously been used to study the course of personality disorder. In this study we reviewed charts of patients treated on this unit between 1950 and 1990, focusing pharmacotherapeutic issues. Although changes in theoretical trend have influenced variables such as patient diagnosis, a series patients with personality disorder and similar symptom dimensions have been treated with medication. Antidepressants and neuroleptics were most widely prescribed, and rates of response to treatment were high.
AB - Chart review of patients on the General Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute has previously been used to study the course of personality disorder. In this study we reviewed charts of patients treated on this unit between 1950 and 1990, focusing pharmacotherapeutic issues. Although changes in theoretical trend have influenced variables such as patient diagnosis, a series patients with personality disorder and similar symptom dimensions have been treated with medication. Antidepressants and neuroleptics were most widely prescribed, and rates of response to treatment were high.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029934475
VL - 20
SP - 81
EP - 94
JO - Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavior
JF - Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavior
SN - 1087-0695
IS - 3-4
ER -