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Beta-adrenergic blockers for the control of aggressive behaviors in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

P J Sorgi, J J Ratey, S Polakoff.   

Abstract

The authors conducted a chart review to determine the effect of beta blockers on chronic assaultiveness in seven patients with chronic schizophrenia. Six of the patients showed improvement. Four of the seven showed a greater than 70% decrease in actual assaults.

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Year:  1986        PMID: 2872823     DOI: 10.1176/ajp.143.6.775

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Psychiatry        ISSN: 0002-953X            Impact factor:   18.112


  6 in total

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2.  Reliability and validity of the Overt Agitation Severity Scale in adult psychiatric inpatients.

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Review 3.  Therapeutic uses of beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs in the central nervous system in man.

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Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1989-01       Impact factor: 2.401

4.  Successful management of difficult-to-treat aggression with low-dose propranolol in a patient with intellectual disability: a case report.

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Journal:  Prim Care Companion CNS Disord       Date:  2012-10-04

Review 5.  Depression in schizophrenia: current guidelines to treatment.

Authors:  S J Bartels; R E Drake
Journal:  Psychiatr Q       Date:  1989

6.  Lack of Association Between Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase (DBH) 19-bp Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Risk of Schizophrenia.

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