SPONTANEOUS REMISSIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- 10 June 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 112 (23) , 2393-2395
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800230017006
Abstract
Spontaneous remissions occur with a certain frequency in cases diagnosed as schizophrenia. This is an important factor in evaluating results obtained from insulin and metrazol treatment. The present study was made in order to determine the incidence of this phenomenon at the Cincinnati General Hospital. Those patients who had been diagnosed as having schizophrenia in the Cincinnati General Hospital for a five year period (1933-1937) were investigated to obtain information regarding the duration of the hospital stay, the outcome of the episode and the duration of the remission in the improved patient. The patients were first admitted to the Psychiatric Pavilion of the Cincinnati General Hospital and subsequently were either discharged from the Cincinnati General Hospital or transferred to the nearby State Psychiatric Hospital. This study was continued on the patients transferred to the state hospital. Patients who had been given metrazol or insulin therapy were not included in thisKeywords
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