Long-acting neuroleptics and their place in community mental health services in the United Kingdom: the Salford experience.
In approaching the goal of a comprehensive community service at the city of Salford (England), the long-acting neuroleptics seem to be an essential step toward a system of continuous care for schizophrenics considered vulnerable to relapse. The hospitalisation experience of a sample of 211 patients is measured on "mirror-image" basis, i.e. an equal length of time for each patient before and after the start of long-acting phenothiazines. The results show a very substantial reduction in hospital stay.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006113:United Kingdom
D010640:Phenothiazines; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents