Status of paroled patients treated with hypoglycemic shock

Abstract

1. Schizophrenic patients who have been treated with insulin have a fairly high parole rate. In our series, this rate is 62 per cent for patients who have been sick two years or less. 2. Those who have been treated by routine methods also have a fairly high parole rate. In our control group, the rate is 54 per cent for patients who have been sick for two years or less. 3. The difference in parole rates in the two groups is perhaps small enough to be accounted for on the basis of the more personalized care on the insulin wards. Statistical error must also be taken into consideration. 4. The quality and duration of the remissions in the two groups must be compared before we can decide for ourselves the value of insulin therapy in Kings Park State Hospital.