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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Witzel, Joachim G.
• Gubka, Udo
• Weisser, Heike
• Bogerts, Bernhard

Titel

Antipsychotic polypharmacy in the emergency treatment of highly aggressive schizophrenic prisoners - a retrospective study

Ist Teil von

• International journal of prisoner health, 2008-02, Vol.4 (2), p.96-103

Ort / Verlag

England: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

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Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In past years, Zuclopenthixolacetate as well as Flupentixoldecanoate have each proven to be reliable and efficient in the treatment of schizophrenic psychoses. In a specially implemented psychiatric treatment unit (PTU) we administered a high-dose depot neuroleptic combination therapy initially consisting of both substances to seriously ill schizophrenic prisoners who exhibited highly aggressive behaviour (N = 20). We initially used both antipsychotics at the same time as a simple regimen in order to restore the prisoners' health to enable them to return to their home prisons. A single coercive intervention was performed in 14 out of 20 prisoners which was followed by a second one in two cases according to Article 101 of the German Code of Criminal Procedure. On average, prisoners needed a treatment course of 30.4 days. Within this time PANSS global scores were reduced by approximately 40%. Side effects occurring as a consequence of neuroleptic treatment were negligible and could be dealt with.