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Published Online: September 1939

REGARDING SODIUM AMYTAL AS A PROGNOSTIC AID IN INSULIN AND METRAZOL SHOCK THERAPY OF MENTAL PATIENTS. (DEMENTIA PRÆCOX.)

M. M. HARRIS, WM. A. HORWITZ, and E. A. MILCHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 96, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.327

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1. A total of 55 cases of dementia præcox were tested by the intravenous injection of prenarcotic doses of sodium amytal prior to treatment with insulin hypoglycemic therapy.

2. An ameliorating response to the injection of sodium amytal was obtained in 30 patients and of these 23 or 77 per cent had a favorable therapeutic response to insulin hypoglycemic treatment.

3. No ameliorating response to sodium amytal was obtained in 25 cases and of these 16 or 64 per cent failed to respond to insulin treatment.

4. The results of metrazol convulsant therapy in cases that failed to respond to insulin treatments are also compared with the sodium amytal test.

5. The response to the sodium amytal test appears to be of prognostic value in insulin hypoglycemic shock therapy.

6. Plans for further studies are indicated.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 96 • Number 2 • September 1939

Pages: 327 - 333

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Published in print: September 1939

Published online: 1 April 2006

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M. M. HARRIS

The departments of internal medicine and psychiatry of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York City.

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WM. A. HORWITZ

The departments of internal medicine and psychiatry of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York City.

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E. A. MILCH

The departments of internal medicine and psychiatry of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York City.

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REGARDING SODIUM AMYTAL AS A PROGNOSTIC AID IN INSULIN AND METRAZOL SHOCK THERAPY OF MENTAL PATIENTS. (DEMENTIA PRÆCOX.)

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