ISBN 978-0-19-507232-7. Jones K (March 2000). "Insulin coma therapy in schizophrenia". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ... 76 In the early 1930s insulin coma therapy was trialed to treat schizophrenia, but faded out of use in the 1960s following the ...

Jones K (March 2000). "Insulin coma therapy in schizophrenia". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 93 (3): 147-149. doi: ... Insulin shock involved injecting large doses of insulin to induce comas, which in turn produced hypoglycemia and convulsions. ...

The abuse of exogenous insulin carries with it an attendant risk of hypoglycemic coma and death when the amount used is in ... insulin and a rapid/regular insulin to provide both a basal insulin and prandial insulin. There are several challenges involved ... Medical preparations of insulin are never just insulin in water (with nothing else). Clinical insulins are mixtures of insulin ... Prandial insulin, also called mealtime or bolus insulin, is designed as a bolus dose of insulin prior to a meal to regulate the ...

A parallel development was insulin coma therapy.) A more facile form of induction of seizures, using electricity instead of ... Meduna, L. J., Gerty, F. J. and Urse, V G. Biochemical disturbances in mental disorders; anti-insulin effect of blood in cases ... Insulin Shock, Cardiozol, Sleep Treatment. (Proc. Swiss Psychiatric Association, Muensingen, Berne, 1937.) Am . J Psychiatry 94 ... Meduna, L. J. Significance of convulsive reaction during insulin and cardiozol therapy. J Nerv. Ment. Dis. 87:133-134, 19 38b. ...

Hyperglycemia (diabetic coma) and Hypoglycemia (insulin shock). Hypothermia, or Exposure, occurs when a person's core body ... the Glasgow Coma Score can be used.16 Limb movements should be inspected to evaluate potential signs of lateralization. The ...

Hervey, Cleckley (1941). "Prolonged Coma in Insulin Therapy of the Psychoses". Am J Psychiatry. 97 (4): 844-857. doi:10.1176/ ... Cleckley practiced the controversial "coma therapy", where psychiatric patients would be repeatedly put into comas over several ... weeks through overdoses of insulin, metrazol or other drugs. In the wake of sometimes fatal complications, Cleckley published ...

Deprived of her insulin, Nina fell into a diabetic coma. Sean and Brooke English's efforts helped foil the robbery and save ...

June 1974). "Treatment of diabetic coma with continuous low-dose infusion of insulin". British Medical Journal. 2 (5921): 687- ... The primary treatment of DKA is with intravenous fluids and insulin. Depending on the severity, insulin may be given ... DKA was first described in 1886, and until the introduction of insulin therapy in the 1920s, it was almost universally fatal. ... DKA results from a shortage of insulin; in response, the body switches to burning fatty acids, which produces acidic ketone ...

In 1927 insulin coma therapy was introduced and used until 1960. Physicians deliberately put the patient into a low blood sugar ... coma because they thought that large fluctuations in insulin levels could alter the function of the brain. Risks included ... Lobotomies, Insulin shock therapy, Electro convulsive therapy, and the "neuroleptic" chlorpromazine came into use mid-century. ... prolonged coma. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) was later adopted as a substitution to this treatment. DSM-IV and previous ...

The 1950s saw the introduction of insulin coma therapy and antidepressants. The Mental Health Act 1959 brought further changes ...

ISBN 978-3-319-34595-6. Doroshow, Deborah Blythe (2007). "Performing a cure for schizophrenia: insulin coma therapy on the ... 28 and other forms of psychosurgery or insulin shock therapy, and the history of racism within the profession in the United ...

She was subject to electroconvulsive therapy, sedatives, insulin coma, seclusion and confinement. Greally was transported to ...

The insulin, however, could induce a coma by lowering the blood sugar. If the blood sugar level dropped too low, it could ... Additionally, insulin was given to patients to help restore lost weight due to inactivity. ...

Ketoacidotic diabetic coma: intravenous fluids, insulin and administration of potassium and sodium. Hyperosmolar diabetic coma ... The treatment consists of insulin and gradual rehydration with intravenous fluids. Diabetic coma was a more significant ... Diabetic coma is a life-threatening but reversible form of coma found in people with diabetes mellitus. Three different types ... insulin to reverse the ketoacidosis, and careful monitoring for complications. Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma usually develops ...

Also known as insulin shock, hypoglycemia can lead to coma or even death. In current research, the significant relationship ... The metabolism of glucose and insulin are also influenced. However, recent studies showed no significant correlation between ...

He noted that insulin-induced coma and convulsions, due to the low level of glucose attained in the blood (hypoglycemic crisis ... Insulin Coma Therapy on the Wards. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Advance Access published online on ... Insulin coma therapy in schizophrenia. J. Royal Soc. Med, 93: 147-149, 2000. The History of Shock Therapy in Psychiatry TIME ... Sakel was the developer of the insulin shock therapy from 1927 while a young doctor in Vienna, starting to practice it in 1933 ...

By the late 1940s, the majority of psychiatric hospitals in the US were using insulin coma treatment. Insulin coma therapy was ... Insulin Coma Therapy Archived 15 October 2002 at the Wayback Machine by the head of the insulin coma unit at the Hillside ... sub-coma) doses of insulin. A few psychiatrists (including Sakel) claimed success rates for insulin coma therapy of over 80% in ... or on the day of the week when they didn't have insulin treatment. When they were not in a coma, insulin coma patients were ...

The grandmal seizure is the central event in electroshock (electroconvulsive therapy, ECT) and insulin coma. It was introduced ... and in the coma induced by insulin. When reserpine was studied in 1953, chlorpromazine in 1954, and imipramine in 1957, ...

Elsie Needham was the first child to return from a diabetic coma due to insulin. Boyd presented her research at the inaugural ... "Photograph of Elsie Needham , The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin". insulin.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved July 9, ... reporting 20 cases of children with diabetes treated with insulin and concluding that "insulin will probably not cure but ... Boyd contacted Banting to get a vial of his new insulin extract in October 1922 to treat her 11-year-old patient, Elsie Needham ...

3&4, 1964.pp.325-335 3. Studies on the effects of oestradiol dipropionate in insulin coma therapy in different types of ...

He later had a leading role in the biological therapies, such as insulin coma and convulsive therapy. Throughout his career, he ...

In the 1930s, a number of medical procedures were introduced, including brain surgery, induced insulin coma, and ...

... intentionally overdosed on insulin and slipped into a coma. On September 27, 2002, Dabord died in a California hospital. In his ... and subsequently overdosed on insulin purposely instead of explaining to authorities what had happened, if that were all true. ...

While studying the dreams of insulin coma therapy patients, he became interested in the work of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. ... the 1,000 patients were subjected to electric shock and insulin-coma therapies, and lobotomies. In 1952 during a visit to ...

After she falls into a diabetic coma, Jim leaves the warehouse to find insulin for her. Jim evades zombies and recovers insulin ...

New Zealand author Janet Frame experienced both insulin coma therapy and ECT (but without the use of anesthesia or muscle ...

In February 1924, he successfully brought a moribund patient out of a diabetic coma through the application of insulin, using ... and was one of the first Finnish physicians to use insulin to treat a diabetic coma. Von Willebrand qualified in medicine in ... and was a pioneer in the use of insulin, describing in 1922 its use in the treatment of diabetic comas. ... "Coma diabeticum- Insulinbehandling". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 66: 255-273. Von Willebrand, E. A. (1926 ...

... but lapsed into a diabetic coma after overdosing on insulin. When he awoke, he tried to break it off with Rianna "for her own ...

They long advocated for a range of other 'physical' treatments, including insulin coma therapy, even well after clinical trials ...

In 1941 Hassid had a breakdown and was admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, where he was given insulin coma therapy ...