It is difficult for the contemporary psychiatrist to comprehend the impact that the introduction of chlorpromazine had on psychiatric practice in the early 1950s. With potent psychotropic medications largely taken for granted, our awareness of the limitations of these agents blinds us to the therapeutic revolution which they introduced.
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