Depot neuroleptics in the treatment of acute psychoses.

The data reported in the present study are derived from clinical records of 43 acute inpatients treated with the depot neuroleptic F.D. during a one year period, at the Psychiatric Institute of the University of Pisa. The criteria of selection of acute patients of schizophrenic, manic and schizoaffective type are reported. With such treatment it was possible to eliminate the stressful forced repeated drug administrations without any particular side-effects and the drug combinations were greatley reduced. However the clinical observations of this study need further confirm.