Cardiazol Convulsion Therapy in Non-Schizophrenic Reaction States

A Critical Review: The Treatment of Mental Disorders by Induced Convulsions

“…Favourable results have been reported in manic-depressive psychosis, in cases of involutional depression, and in the small number of cases of severe hysteria which have so far been published the effects reported have been very striking indeed. Cook and Ogden (1938) were impressed with the favourable results in cases of schizophrenia which showed depressive features, and have published the results in a small series of cases of affective psychosis. It was noteworthy that in their cases the change in mood occurred after only a few injections and that a full course was not necessary.…”

“…The literature contains references to a small number of cases of gross hysteria which have been treated with cardiazol, and Low and Verstraeten, Cook and Ogden (1938), and Read and his co-workers (1938) all record successful results. The writer feels that there is room for further investigation on these lines in cases of degenerative hysteria without epilepsy which have become inaccessible to psychotherapy and other measures.…”