Manfred Sakel
Manfred Sakel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychiatrist who introduced insulin shock therapy for schizophrenia
1900, Nadwórna, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) — 1957, New York City, New York, United States
United States (New York) · Austria · Germany
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Manfred Sakel was a psychiatrist who introduced insulin shock (insulin coma) therapy for schizophrenia in the 1930s, one of the first physical treatments widely adopted in psychiatry before the era of antipsychotic drugs. Trained in Vienna and Berlin, he continued his work in the United States. He came from a Jewish family (reportedly descended from Maimonides) and was of documented Jewish origin.
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Psychiatrist who introduced insulin shock therapy for schizophrenia
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