Länk - Placebo var bättre än läkemedel i utvärdering av aggressiva patienter

published Jan 18, 2008 11:26   by admin ( last modified Jan 18, 2008 11:26 )
You read that headline correctly. A study out in The Lancet today asserts that among a group of 86 non-psychotic patients with low IQs given either Risperdal, Haldol or a placebo to stem their irritability and aggressive outbursts placebo outperformed the two anti-psychotics. Although the study involved a group of patients for whom I don't know their particular DSM diagnosis, this is major news, perhaps heralding the end of the common use of anti-psychotics in Western culture.



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