The results of treatment with chlorpromazine (Largactil) -a dose of 100 to 600 mg regimen are presented. daily, alone or combined with sedatives and electroplexia, for the time necessary to obtain a change in symptoms or for a minimum of three months, without attempting a cure of sleep cause in 26 schizophrenic patients, of various types, and 6 manic , of which 5 were in manic depressive phase, 1-anxious to begin the healing phase. All patients had more than 6 months of illness; Schizophrenics and 22 manic all had more than one year of disease. In all cases of schizophrenia treatments were applied pre-emergence but no improvement then treated with chlorpromazine was obtained. The results were: among schizophrenics 7 complete remissions, 4 social referrals, 6 improvements, 8 no improvement and 1 death; among patients with manic psychosis 4 complete remissions and 2 deaths. Influenced symp...

A community mental health program (PSMC) based on the integration of all mental health activities within a community public health program (PSC) is described.  In reality it is unadvisable-and, in fact, impossible- to separate mental health activities from public health activities in geneal.If the broadest coverage of people requiring mental health services is to be attained, action by community leaders, and not only by physicians or health professionals, will be necessary. Actually, the majority of health programas in the country are implemented at the community level by teachers,sanitarians, and laymen. Therefore, these progrms should include courses in the fundamentals of mental health care and be directly aimed at community level through these teaching activities which will, in the long run, benefit the whole country's mental health.

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