PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
Authors: S. Katzenelbogen, Alexander Simon, Anna R. Coyne, Charles Vigue, Robert Cohn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 September 1940PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTSS. KATZENELBOGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALEXANDER SIMON, M.D., ANNA R. COYNE, M.D., CHARLES VIGUE, M.D., ROBERT COHN, M.D.S. KATZENELBOGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ALEXANDER SIMON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ANNA R. COYNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES VIGUE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT COHN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-3-393 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe insulin treatment of schizophrenic patients is essentially a medical treatment. Yet, it challenges the medical man, as well as the physiopathologist and the pharmacologist with respect to the generally accepted notions on the dosage of insulin compatible with safety, and with respect to the tolerance of various individuals to excessive amounts of this drug. The challenge lies chiefly in the fact that the complications of the insulin treatment—the so-called hypoglycemic shock—much dreaded by the physiopathologist—has been raised by the psychopathologist to a therapeutic virtue. Furthermore, the new treatment, aside from its curative value, in using the old drug in...Bibliography1. SAKEL M: The pharmacological shock treatment of schizophrenia, Monograph of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Monograph Series 62, 1938. Google Scholar2. KATZENELBOGENSANTEE SF: The treatment of schizophrenia, insulin shock, cardiazol sleep treatment, Proc. 89th Meeting Swiss Psychiatric Assoc., Munsingen, Berne, May 29-31, 1937. Google Scholar3. KATZENELBOGENHARMSCLARK SHDA: Experience with the hypoglycemia treatment of schizophrenia, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1937, xciv, 135-152. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KATZENELBOGENHARMSCLARK SHEDA: Insulin shock treatment of schizophrenic patients, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1938, xciv, 1-13. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KATZENELBOGENHARMSWILLMANSBARKOFFBRODYHAYMAN SHERSMWM: The insulin treatment in schizophrenic patients; clinical and biochemical studies, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1939, xcv, 793-797. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Read at the New Orleans meeting of The American College of Physicians, March 31, 1939.From the Laboratories of St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C., and Spring Grove State Hospital, Catonsville, Maryland.We are indebted to the Supreme Council, 33° Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Jurisdiction, U. S. A., for the financial help granted for our research work on schizophrenia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInsulinoma of the PancreasChanges in Pancreatic Physiology Incident to Pancreatic Disease or SurgeryTumors associated with hypoglycemia—Pancreatic and extrapancreaticBrain function and blood sugar: Observations based on a case of islet cell adenoma of the pancreas 1 September 1940Volume 14, Issue 3Page: 393-405KeywordsDrug safetyDrugsHypoglycemicsInsulinPatientsResearch grantsSafetySchizophrenia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...