(ICT) an older treatment for schizophrenia, not currently used in the United States; sufficient insulin is administered to place the patient in a deep hypoglycemic coma, which is reversed in an hour or less by administration of glucagon, usually for 20 to 60 such treatments.
Type: Term See: insulin coma treatment
a former treatment for mental illness, esp. schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures. Also called