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Letter | March 01, 2000

Managing Aggressive Psychotic Patients

Dev Chacko, M.D.

Psychiatric Services 2000; doi:

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To the Editor: In his article on managing aggressive patients in the September 1999 issue, Dr. Hughes recommends cogentin 1 mg to treat akathisia. But other authors have suggested that antiparkinson medications may not be effective in treating akathisia and instead recommend benzodiazepines and propranolol. I wonder if he can comment.

Dr. Chacko is chairman of the department of psychiatry at Florida Hospital in Orlando.

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Dev Chacko; Managing Aggressive Psychotic Patients. Psychiatric Services. 2000 Mar;51(3):391-391.

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