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insulin-coma therapy

American  
[in-suh-lin-koh-muh, ins-yuh-] / ˈɪn sə lɪnˌkoʊ mə, ˈɪns jə- /

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. 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.

From Scientific American Aug. 3, 2019

During his illness, Dr. Nash was divorced from his wife, moved in and out of hospitals and endured dangerous treatments including insulin-coma therapy.

From Washington Post May 24, 2015

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