Introduced by Manfred Sakel in 1927 this pharmacoconvulsive treatment used intramuscular injection of insulin to produce coma, sometimes with convulsion, primarily to treat psychotic disorders and drug addiction.

Also: insulin coma therapy (ICT), Sakel's therapy

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