Phenothiazine Withdrawal in Schizophrenics in a Hostel

Abstract

have reported a decline in the incidence of hysteria in Japan over a period of two decades. Whether this is a real decline is a matter of debate, and the finding may, in fact, represent a change in diagnostic fashions or criteria. Further, the speculation by Fukuda et al that the risk for hysteria may be related to the changes in life-style attendant upon urbanization, is refuted by epidemiological reports from India (Dube, 1968(Dube, , 1970) ) where hysteria has been found to show the highest prevalence in rural areas. Dube (1970) also found that oe .