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ward 10-daymedication.Vestal Ther PeetRE,DM,JW,al:He receivedno otherthe remainderof hisDN, 2:978,chlorpromazine.Yates RA:hospitalization.25:19-24, 1979 M, MiddlemissHalopenidol and piperazine phenothiazines have been noted to produce acute dystonic reactions, especially in young men (1, 2). There is evidence that when these drugs are given in higher doses, extrapyramidal reactions are fewer (3, 4). Therefore, laryngeal-pharyngeal dystonic reactions may be a risk, particularly for young men treated with smaller doses of high-potency neuroleptics. Flaherty and Lahmeyer’s patients were both receiving haloperidol, 20 mg/dayaction 4. Bacherbetween NM,propranolol Lewis HA:and chlorpromazineinterin schizophrendyski-ic patients. nesia. AmLow-dose137:495-497,in tardiveJ PsychiatryMacclesfield,R. A. YATES D. N. MIDDLEMISS Cheshire, Englandorally.muscularly.Mr.A receivedI agree witha smallerMann and(5) that‘ ‘to the Test StudiesSurvey’of neurolepticmay SIR: Ingo unrecognized.Be Included‘in Psychiat1980 issue)Education?(Octoberin adolescentsR. Dean,M.D.,a pleafor theI. Swett2. 1975 ChilesC: Drug-inducedJA: Extrapyramidaldystonia.132:532-534,treated withJ Psychiatry 130:1155-1156, 1973inclusion of studies of psychic phenomena in psychiatric education. This is fine as long as such studies are carried out in the tradition of rigidly controlled scientific work. The history of metapsychiatry is that of poorly controlled studies, outright fraud, dependence on anecdotal reporting, and re-peated failures at replication. Before one can study telepathy, psychokinesis, or ESP, one has to have something to study. One has to prove theexistence of such phenomena. Carefully