Insulin shock therapy

Insulin shock therapy is a treatment for schizophrenia, psychosisand drug addictionwhich involves injecting a patient with massive amounts of insulin, which causes convulsionsand coma. It was discovered by Polish researcher Manfred Sakelin 1933and was used well into the 1950s.

See also

• Shock therapy
• Manfred Sakel

External links

• The Insulin Treatment of Schizophrenia

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