[The birth of the 'diagnostic card'--on the genesis of an ,episteme' of neuroleptic efficacy in the early period of research on antipsychotic drugs in the FRG].
This paper describes the introduction of antipsychotic drugs in the FRG in relation to a new definition of the term ',efficacy' It focuses on problems of the standardization of clinical trials in West German psychiatry during the 1950s and 1960s. In particular, the development of a diagnostic card for the evaluation of efficacy will be discussed as part of a new experimental system and regarding its role in constructing new knowledge on neuroleptic effects.
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Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Abteilung für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften mit Schwerpunkt, Pharmaziegeschichte. v.balz@web.de
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000266:history*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents