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Plasma II-Hydroxycorticosteroids in Affective Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. W. L. Brooksbank  and
Alec Coppen
B. W. L. Brooksbank
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton, and Greenbank, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Alec Coppen
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton, and Greenbank, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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From diverse physiological and psychological studies in animals and in man, it is generally concluded that increased secretion of adrenocortical steroids accompanies emotional stress. The relationship between mood, especially the pathological changes of mood found in a depressive illness, and adrenocortical hormones is not so clearly defined.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 497 , April 1967 , pp. 395 - 404
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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