Historical Bibliography Updated: February 17, 2020

Chlorpromazine in psychiatry: A study of therapeutic innovation.

SWAZEY, Judith P. (1939 – )

Publication Details

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1974 CE.

Chlorpromazine (CPZ) was the first drug in Western medicine found to have specific psychotropic effects agains a range of mental disease symtomatologies, particularly those associated with schizophrenia. It was marketed in the United States as Thorazine, beginning in 1954.

Browse Tags

Neurology & Psychiatry
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Women & Gender

Thematic Classifications

PSYCHIATRY › History of Psychiatry PSYCHIATRY › Psychopharmacology › History of Psychopharmacology WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#7009
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9175
External URL	chlorpromazine-in-psychiatry-a-study-of-therapeutic-innovation

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, MA