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Clozapine Reduces Violent Behavior in Heterogeneous Diagnostic Groups  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 08, Number 01, May/June 2006 , pp.12-12(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

In a group of five, carefully selected, persistently violent patients, clozapine treatment resulted in marked decreases in violent episodes and the useof seclusion and restraint.

Keywords: John E. Kraus, M.D., Brian B. Sheitman, M.D., Dorothea Dix State Psychiatric Hospital, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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