insulin shock treatment
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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