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A Controlled Trial of Hypothermia in Chronic Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Peter Hays
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital
Gerald Woolfson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital
Berenice Krikler
Affiliation:
St. George's Hospital
Brian Day
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthetics, St. George's Hospital
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Physical methods play an important part in psychiatric treatment. The roles of electroconvulsive therapy and, to a lesser extent, insulin coma therapy, are fairly well-defined and their effectiveness recognized, though different authorities qualify their recognition in various ways.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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