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Insulin Coma Therapy of Schizophrenia: Some Critical Remarks on Dr. Sakel's Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. Mayer-Gross
W. Mayer-Gross*
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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From Dr. Sakel's address there emerge two questions regarding the indications for insulin treatment in the psychoses which are worth discussing on this occasion:

(1) General indications for the treatment: Should every case of schizophrenia undergo insulin therapy, i.e., be admitted to a hospital as soon as the illness has been diagnosed ?

(2) Special indications and procedure: What is the role of convulsions in insulin therapy ? What proof is there of the presumed antagonism between coma and convulsion ? Are there any facts supporting the idea that insulin fixes the results of convulsion therapy ?

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 97 , Issue 406 , January 1951 , pp. 132 - 135
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1951 

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