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Results obtained from the administration of 12,000 doses of metrazol to mental patients

A preliminary report

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    The results obtained from 12,000 convulsions induced in male patients by the administration of metrazol have been analyzed.

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    Complications and methods of prevention have been discussed.

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    Metrazol is most efficacious in the treatment of involutional and manic-depressive psychosis regardless of duration of illness.

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    In schizophrenia, the rate of remission is in direct proportion to the duration of illness.

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    The results here obtained warrant further therapeutic use of this modality.

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  1. Brooklyn State Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.

    Mark Zeifert M.D.

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Since this paper was written, Dr. Zeifert has been called to active duty as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. He is stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla.

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Zeifert, M. Results obtained from the administration of 12,000 doses of metrazol to mental patients. Psych Quar 15, 772–778 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01585129

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