MODIFICATION BY DIAZEPAM OR THIORIDAZINE OF THE PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS RELATED TO DRIVING: A SUBACUTE TRAIL IN NEUROTIC OUT-PATIENTS
Forty-five out-patients with clinically manifested anxiety were tested in order to study the effects of 2 weeks' treatment with placebo, diazepam (5-10 mg three times daily) or thioridazine (25-50 mg three times daily) on their psychomotor skills related to driving. When compared with placebo, diazepam increased the number of mistakes in reaction and co-ordination tests and also decreased ability to discriminate the fusion of flickering light. When compared to other groups, reactive and co-ordinative skills were more impaired in patients treated with thioridazine which also impaired divided attention. Subjectively thioridazine was not experienced as effective an anziolytic as diazepam. /Author/
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Authors:
- Saario, I
- LINNOILA, M
- MATTILA, M J
- Publication Date: 1976-10
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 843-848
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Serial:
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Volume: 3
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications Limited
- ISSN: 0306-5251
- EISSN: 1365-2125
- Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2125
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coordination; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Drugs; Mental illness; Motor skills; Personnel performance; Reaction time
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Psychomotor performance
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00156087
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM