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Involutional Melancholia

A Study of Twenty Cases Treated with Theelin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. Gibson
R. Gibson*
Affiliation:
St. George's Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland
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Extract

In the treatment of involutional melancholia the administration of oestrogenic substances has for years been a feature. The results achieved with this form of therapy have varied, some workers claiming unqualified success, and others recording no change, or even deterioration in their patients.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 89 , Issue 375 , April 1943 , pp. 278 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1943 

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