Psychoendocrinological aspects of affective disorders.
Psychoendocrinological studies have opened a new approach to understanding affective disorders. In this study, the links of affective illnesses to changes in endocrine secretions--particularly adrenal, gonadal, growth, pineal, thyroidal, and prolactin--were reviewed with the object of adding to the number of depressed whose symptoms can be relieved.
Murray
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Psychology Department, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439.
D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000503:physiopathology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D006728:Hormones