noun
insulin shock therapy
A historical psychiatric treatment that deliberately induced hypoglycemic coma using insulin; now largely obsolete.
インスリンショック療法は統合失調症の治療に使われていた。
Insulin shock therapy was used to treat schizophrenia.
Standard kanji-katakana compound spelling.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but still used.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), another historical psychiatric treatment, still used in modified form today.
From English 'insulin shock therapy', a compound of 'insulin', 'shock', and Japanese 療法 (therapy).