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Variations in II-Hydroxycorticosteroids in Depression and Manic-Depressive Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. P. Hullin ,
A. D. Bailey ,
R. McDonald ,
G. A. Dransfield  and
H. B. Milne
R. P. Hullin
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leeds
A. D. Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leeds
R. McDonald
Affiliation:
High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire
G. A. Dransfield
Affiliation:
High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire
H. B. Milne
Affiliation:
High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire
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Many instances of regular cyclic or periodic psychiatric and clinical syndromes have been reported (Richter, 1957). The duration of each cycle varies from 2 days to 18 months but is usually constant in a given subject and bears no relationship to external factors. Presumably they have their origin within the body, and a disturbance of endocrine function has been suggested in many cases. Some women show cycles corresponding to the menstrual rhythm, the abnormal phase preceding or accompanying the menstrual flow.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 499 , June 1967 , pp. 593 - 600
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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