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Ten Years' Experience of Insulin Therapy in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. K. Freudenberg
R. K. Freudenberg*
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Moorcroft House, Hillingdon
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More than ten years have elapsed since insulin therapy was first introduced in this country as a treatment for schizophrenia. This should gradually enable us to form a more accurate opinion as to its value. An enormous literature has accumulated on the subject. Only some samples of it, representing the different views expressed, can therefore be mentioned. It is here attempted to apply some common criteria which are indispensable for the assessment of the effects of treatment, which it is hoped may lead to a clarification of the present position of insulin therapy.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 93 , Issue 390 , January 1947 , pp. 9 - 30
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1947 

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