“…While earlier reports suggested that Europeans received lower dosages of several neuroleptics as compared to Americans (Heilizer 1960;Collard 1962;Denber, Bente and Rajotte 1962;Denber and Bente 1967;Murphy 1974), the majority of recent studies indicate that patients from non-Western countries, such as Turkey (Itil 1975), India and Pakistan (Allen, Rack and Vaddadi 1977;Lewis, Rack, Vaddadi et al 1980), China, 2 Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia (Murphy 1969(Murphy , 1974Olatawara 1978;Okuma 1981), were clinically improved at a much lower average dosage level of neuroleptics, as compared to Americans and Europeans. While earlier reports suggested that Europeans received lower dosages of several neuroleptics as compared to Americans (Heilizer 1960;Collard 1962;Denber, Bente and Rajotte 1962;Denber and Bente 1967;Murphy 1974), the majority of recent studies indicate that patients from non-Western countries, such as Turkey (Itil 1975), India and Pakistan (Allen, Rack and Vaddadi 1977;Lewis, Rack, Vaddadi et al 1980), China, 2 Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia (Murphy 1969(Murphy , 1974Olatawara 1978;Okuma 1981), were clinically improved at a much lower average dosage level of neuroleptics, as compared to Americans and Europeans.…”