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It is the threat of physical death which is the psychologically important factor in insulin coma treatments. The closer the patient is brought in reality
to death, as in nearly irreversible comas, the better are the results. Not only death but rebirth plays a role in the patient's mind. Because of the themes of death and rebirth, insulin treatment parallels initiation ceremonies.