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Melancholia, Glucose Tolerance and Body Weight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

I. G. Pryce
I. G. Pryce*
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, near Wickford, Essex
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A decrease of glucose tolerance in mental illness has been observed for over forty years (Kooy, 1919; Mann, 1925). Although this change in carbohydrate metabolism has been described in all types of mental disorders, the majority of investigators report that it occurs most frequently in melancholia (Kooy, 1919; Mann, 1925; McCowan and Quastel, 1931; Holmgren and Wohlfahrt, 1944). The phenomenon has usually been regarded as a secondary effect, and several theories have been suggested to explain how it is produced (Kooy, 1919; Mann, 1925; McCowan and Quastel, 1931; Holmgren and Wohlfahrt, 1944); however, no single explanation is firmly established, and the mechanism or mechanisms are still uncertain.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 435 , April 1958 , pp. 421 - 427
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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