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insulin-coma therapy
[in-suh-lin-koh-muh, ins-yuh-]
noun
Psychiatry.
a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
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She goes through the sordid history of insulin-coma therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, the lobotomy and the fever cure.
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During his illness, Dr. Nash was divorced from his wife, moved in and out of hospitals and endured dangerous treatments including insulin-coma therapy.
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