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Narcotherapy

Known as: Narcotherapies 
Intravenous injections of sodium amytal or sodium pentothal to induce a state in which the patient is more relaxed and communicative. Narcosuggestion… 
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Narcosynthesis

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psychopharmacological therapy

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2009
2009
Narcotherapy in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: A Report of Two Cases
Abstract The history of narcotherapy is outlined and reasons are given for its current obsolescence. A modified procedure and two… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Isoflurane narcotherapy in depressive patients refractory to conventional antidepressant drug treatment. A double-blind comparison with electroconvulsive treatment.
This is the first report on a controlled study comparing the therapeutic and non-therapeutic (side) effects of electroconvulsive… 
1993
1993
Treatment outcome of 600 chemically dependent patients treated in a multimodal inpatient program including aversion therapy and pentothal interviews.
1989
1989
“Isoflurane Narcotherapy” in Depression: Methodological Issues
Preliminary observations of our study on the therapeutic effects of deep anesthesia with insoflurane in psychiatric patients have… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Rapid psychotherapeutic effects of anesthesia with isoflurane (ES narcotherapy) in treatment-refractory depressed patients.
Treatment-refractory depressed patients who objected to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were given a series of anesthesias with… 
1985
1985
Medical-psychiatric units and the future of psychiatric practice
1956
1956
Hypnotherapy and narcotherapy.
1950
1950
[Paroxysmal choreo-athetosis].
1946
1946
Narcotherapy
The use of sodium amytal in conjunction with psychotherapy has shown its value in dealing with cases of war neuroses. It also has… 
Review
1945
Review
1945
The treatment of the psychotic-like regressions of the combat soldier
SummaryCase histories representative of the various types of neuropsychiatric reactions of combat personnel have been reviewed… 
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