In the early 1950s, French researchers, Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker, found that ________, a class of drugs called the phenothiazines, calms agitation and reduces hallucinations and delusions in patients with schizophrenia.

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The only class of drugs mentioned that was found to calm agitation and reduce hallucinations and delusions in patients with schizophrenia in the early 1950s is the phenothiazines. Of those, chlorpromazine is the specific drug mentioned as being researched by Delay and Deniker. Therefore, the correct answer is C) chlorpromazine.

In the Early 1950s, French Researchers, Jean Delay and Pierre