Time-blind videotaped evaluation of injectable diazepam, lorazepam and placebo.

Eighteen inpatients suffering from a severe anxiety received in double-blind and crossover conditions iv and im injections of 10 mg diazepam, 5 mg lorazepam or saline t.i.d.

[Preliminary note on the antiautistic, antidelusional and hallucinolytic effect of teflutixol (author's transl)].

The first thioxanthene derivative without the double bind up to now considered mandatory for the antipsychotic effect, teflutixol, was administered in a phase II pilot efficacy trial to acute or subacute psychotic inpatients (mean age 36,1) during at least 5 weeks at a dosage of 3 to 20 mg p.d. once a day.

[Long-acting neuroleptics. IV. Preliminary study of clopimozide (R 29764)].

Clopimozide is, in our opinion, a noteworthy neuroleptic drug. Its action is mainly ataraxic but also antidelusional, long-acting and accompanied with minimal side-effects. It is therefore particularly indicated in the maintenance therapy of psychotics, at a weekly dosage of 7.