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A double-blind controlled study of the effects of promazine on MMPI performance is herein reported. The subjects were 41 male hospitalized patients who had been clinically diagnosed as schizophrenic for at leas one year. Twenty-nine of the subjects were concomitantly in grout psychotherapy. All the usual validity and clinical scales, the Taylop Manifest Anxiety Scale, and the Barron Ego-Strength Scale of the MMPr were scored. A comparison of the mean scale scores between the placebI and drug periods revealed no statistically significant differences for ano of the scales. Alternative explanations for these findings are offeredy
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This report is based on a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Teachers College, Columbia University. The author is indebted to Drs.Lawrence F.Shaffer, Rosalea A.Schonbar, Joel R.Davitz,Rosedith Sitgreaves, Norbert Freedman, Stanley S.Schwartz andDavid Engelhardt, for their assistance in this research.
A report of the results of this research was delivered at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, April, 1959, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Sulzer, E.S. The effects of promazine on MMPI. Psychopharmacologia 2, 137–140 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00592680
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