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The effects of an antipsychotic medication on the classroom behavior of four schizophrenic male children

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An analysis of attention to task, deviant classroom behavior, and academic productivity data was conducted on four schizophrenic male children to whom an antipsychotic medication was administered. Although the results indicated varying degrees of success as a function of this psychotropic treatment, the medication appeared to have little influence on classroom behavior for three of the children. It was concluded that empirical strategies must be developed for objectively assessing the influence of medications administered for the purpose of controlling the classroom behavior of disturbed children.

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    Richard L. Simpson

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Simpson, R.L. The effects of an antipsychotic medication on the classroom behavior of four schizophrenic male children. J Autism Dev Disord 7, 349–358 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540393

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