STUDY ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO CHLORPROMAZINE

Abstract

Although chlorpromazine is one of the psychotherapeutic drugs used widely, its therapeutic effects have been inadequately correlated with its physiological response pattern. The authors and their co-workers have observed the effects of psychotherapeutic drugs on the EEG and minor tremor (MT) for the past several years, noticing that there exists a definite relation between the clinical and MT response pattern. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether a relation exists between the clinical and physiological responses to chlorpromazine, as indicated by EEG and MT.