The First Year's Experience with Large-Scale Use of Chlorpromazine and Reserpine in the Mental Hygiene Institutions of New York State: A Preliminary Report

Digital Record

Identifier: 101743403X3

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Dates

16 February 1956

Extent

7 Pages

Description

Dr. Henry Brill, Assistant Commissioner of Mental Hygiene for New York State, testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor regarding the promising new anti-psychotic drugs, chlorpromazine and reserpine, and the need to perform large-scale controlled studies with them. This was in support of Gorman's testimony on the same date.