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The Role of the Sex Hormones in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Max Reiss
Max Reiss*
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Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol
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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.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 86 , Issue 364 , September 1940 , pp. 767 - 789
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1940 

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