Table 1. The patient’s improvement and treatment during the first seven days

BPRS items	Baseline	After 3 days	After 7 days
1. Somatic concern	4	2	2
2. Anxiety	7	7	7
3. Emotional withdrawal	4	4	4
4. Conceptual disorganization	2	2	2
5. Guilt feelings	4	3	3
6. Tension	3	3	3
7. Mannerism and posturing	2	2	2
8. Grandiosity	2	2	2
9. Depressive mood	4	3	3
10. Hostility	2	2	5
11. Suspiciousness	4	7	7
12. Hallucinatory behavior	3	7	7
13. Motor retardation	7	2	2
14. Uncooperativeness	2	7	7
15. Unusual thought	2	7	7
16. Blunted affect	4	4	4
17. Excitement	2	2	2
18. Disorganization	2	2	2
Total points	60	68	71
Treatment	1 mg haloperidol/day	2 mg haloperidol/day	3 mg haloperidol/day