COMBINED SHOCK AND CORPUS LUTEUM HORMONE THERAPY
OTTO BILLIG M. D.1, and
JOHN D. BRADLEY M. D.1
1 The Highland Hospital, Asheville, N. C. and the Department of Neuropsychiatry Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, N. C.
In a series of 12 selected cases it has been found that combined shock and corpus luteum therapy is of definite benefit in the alleviation of psychotic symptoms, especially if connected with "post-puerperal" and premenstrual activations or exacerbations.