when did insulin shock therapy stop?
<answer> Until the discovery of the tranquilizing drugs, variations of insulin-shock therapy were commonly used in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions. <context> In 1933 the psychiatrist Manfred Sakel of Vienna presented the first report of his work with insulin shock. Until the discovery of the tranquilizing drugs, variations of insulin-shock therapy (also called insulin-coma therapy) were commonly used in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions.