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The Role of the Sex Hormones in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Max Reiss*
Affiliation:
Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol

Extract

The part played by sex hormones in the genesis and pathology of mental disorders is still the subject of striking differences of opinion among psychiatrists.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1940 

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