Author:
West Eric D.,Walter C. J. S.
Abstract
Claims have been made that thyroid hormone treatment benefits some schizophrenic patients. Earlier studies reported the use of dried thyroid in a dose of 48 gr. (2·9G) daily in a schizophrenic (Hoskins and Sleeper, 1929) and in other psychiatric states up to 60 gr. (3·6G) daily (Minski, 1927), but recent papers describe the use of l-triiodothyrgnine in place of dried thyroid in treating schizophrenics (Lochner, Scheuing and Flach, 1963; Flach, Celian and Rawson, 1958). Huxley, Mayr, Osmond and Hoffer (1964) believe that schizophrenics are more resistant to the effects of some physiological substances, including thyroxine, as part of a genetic polymorphism.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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