Chlorpromazine: Alone and as an Adjunct to Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Psychiatric Patients

Personality Changes in Chronic Schizophrenic Patients During Five Years' Treatment With Intensive Psychotherapy in Combination With Depot Neuroleptics

“…The difference between the groups was not statistically significant, however. Similar results have been reported by Cowden et al (1956) and Battegay (1978) when group psychotherapy was added to drug treatment in schizophrenia.…”

The effects of psychotropic drugs on psychological testing.

“…An examination of studies of the effects of reserpine on other psychological tests shows (hat no significant changes were observed on the DAP (Gross, Hitchman, Reeves, Jordan, & Bacon, 1963), the B-G and Rorschach (Forster, Schlichter, & Henderson, 1955;Hauck, Philips, & Armstrong, 1957), or the TAT and Sentence Completion Test (Cowden, Zax, & Sproles, 1955). The researchers in these studies used 4-15 mg. of reserpine in the treatment of their subjects for periods of 1 to 6 months.…”

A Review of the Effects of Chlorpromazine and Reserpine in Patients with Mental Disorders.

“…For instance, there are no quantitative data concerning the effects of chlorpromazine or reserpine on the communication of mute catatonic patients. Cowden, et al (21), carried out a controlled study in which they found that patients who received group psychotherapy as well as chlorpromazine exhibited greater improvement than patients who received only chlorpromazine.…”