In a ward of a psychiatrie hospital an experiment was carried out in order to investigate the possibility of administering in a single dosis, or if necessary twice a day, the medicines, instead of a dosage three times a day as is usual. The population of the ward was heterogenous as regards sex, age, kind of medicines taken and type of illness.
The results obtained were favourable, it was found that patients, who were in a psychically stable state did very well on a dosage of medicines once a day at nine p.m.
Patients in an instable psychic state and patients with epileptic disorders were suited best by a dosage of medicines twice a day.