Behavioral Effects of Drug Therapy on Psychogeriatric Inpatients. II. Multivitamin Supplement

Psychogeriatric inpatients were treated with a B‐complex and C vitamin preparation (Albee with C) for six weeks in a double‐blind study. (Total N = 132.) They were rated on the MIBS, a new inpatient behavior form that involves 11 factored scales. One clinically and statistically significant finding emerged: there was a striking decrease in pathologic manifestations on the MIBS Excitement scale for a non‐schizophrenic subgroup of the vitamin‐treated sample compared to the placebo sample. Implications of this finding are discussed in terms of a detailed examination of the Excitement scale and in terms of a literature review of the effects of vitamin therapy on the behavior of psychogeriatric patients.