@article{ref1,
title="Antipsychotic effect of milieu in the acute treatment of schizophrenia",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="1990",
author="Cohen, S. and Khan, A.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="248-251",
abstract="We studied 35 patients meeting DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia, paranoid or undifferentiated type, chronic with acute exacerbation. All were treated in hospital, 13 on a psychiatric intensive care unit, and 22 on an open ward. The former unit is a more structured and less stimulating one. We found those patients treated on that ward to show greater improvement in BPRS ratings during the first 2 days of hospitalization compared to the open-ward group, despite similar doses of medication being utilized. Additionally, this improvement was noted to occur among BPRS items comprising a psychotic subscale.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/0163-8343(90)90062-h",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-8343(90)90062-h"
}