Title: Schizophrenia.
Authors: Sakel, Manfred, 1900-1957
Publisher: Philosophical Library
Year: 1958
Subjects: Schizophrenia; Insulin therapeutic use; Schizophrenia
Contents: Part I: Etiology, symptomatology, and psychopathology. Man and his mind -- Classification -- Etiology -- Method of examination -- Symptomatology -- General psychopathology -- Schizophrenia -- Psychological anatomical post-mortem findings -- Prognosis -- Paranoia. -- Part II: The Sakel insulin shock treatment. The discovery and development of insulin therapy -- The neurotropic function of insulin -- Hunger excitement -- Indications for the shock -- Working hypothesis -- Clinical observations.