Citation

Mayo KM, Falkowski W, Jones CA. Br. J. Psychiatry 1993; 162: 543-545.

Affiliation

Springfield Hospital, London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8481748

Abstract

In a double-blind crossover study of 26 long-stay schizophrenic patients, no correlation was found between caffeine consumption and levels of anxiety and depression. No significant changes in patients' behaviour or levels of anxiety and depression occurred when the wards changed to decaffeinated products. Serum caffeine levels confirmed compliance. No evidence was found to support a removal of caffeinated products from this group of patients.

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