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Testosterone in psychotic male homosexuals

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    Seven psychotic male homosexual patients were treated with testosterone propionate.

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    All showed some stimulation of secondary sex characteristics, as well as an increase in libido.

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    There was no change in the direction of the libido, the result being an increase in homosexual activities.

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    There was little or no change in the mental condition.

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    These results would seem to favor the view that homosexuality is of psychic origin.

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    Hyman S. Barahal M.D.

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Barahal, H.S. Testosterone in psychotic male homosexuals. Psych Quar 14, 319–330 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01573190

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