Psychiatric complications of anabolic steroid abuse.
The authors review the literature from human and animal studies on the neurochemical and pathological psychiatric effects of supraphysiological doses of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and discuss the AAS use and abuse patterns, additional drug use patterns, and personality and behavioral characteristics of AAS abusers.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA.
Ryan C W
RC
Hall
Richard C W
RC
Hall
Marcia J
MJ
Chapman
D045930:Anabolic Agents; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D045930:Anabolic Agents