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Electronarcosis in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Linford Rees*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Wales and Monmouthshire

Extract

Electronarcosis was introduced as a new treatment of schizophrenia by Tietz and co-workers in 1946. They reported favourable results in a group of 47 schizophrenics and claimed that it was as effective as deep insulin therapy, in the treatment of schizophrenia.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1949 

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