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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 101, No. 6

Article | May 01, 1945

ELECTRONARCOSIS—A THERAPY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

ESTHER BOGEN TIETZ; GEORGE N. THOMPSON; A. VAN HARREVELD; C. A. G. WIERSMA

Am J Psychiatry 1945;101:821-823.

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California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles County General Hospital, University of Southern California.

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1. Electronarcosis is a safe and practical method of treatment for schizophrenia. Over 1000 treatments have been given without fatality or significant complications.2. The therapeutic effects of electronarcosis in a group of schizophrenic patients were superior to those expected of electroshock treatment and about the same as results expected from insulin shock therapy.

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