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Early psychotropic drugs, Porirua Hospital Museum

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Early psychotropic drugs, Porirua Hospital Museum

From the 1950s powerful specialised drugs such as Largactil largely replaced forms of physical restraint. This range of Largactil packages is on display in the Porirua Hospital Museum.

Courtesy of Porirua Hospital Museum

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Warwick Brunton, Mental health services – Psychiatric hospitals, 1940s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29416/early-psychotropic-drugs-porirua-hospital-museum (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Warwick Brunton, i tāngia i te 6 April 2011.