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Enkephalins, Endorphins, and Psychiatric Disease

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Current Themes in Psychiatry

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It has been suggested that the endogenous opioid peptides, the enkephalins and endorphins, may play a part in the development of certain psychiatric diseases. If shown to be true this would represent a major breakthrough in academic psychiatry, opening the way to alternative therapy.

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  1. W. J. Jeffcoate
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Guy’s Hospital, London, England

    Raghu N. Galnd F.R.C. Psych. (Senior Physician in Psychological Medicine) (Senior Physician in Psychological Medicine)

  2. Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Fawzy I. Fawzy M.D.  & Robert O. Pasnau M.D.  & 

  3. University of Oxford, Oxford, England

    Barbara L. Hudson M.A (Lecturer in Applied Social Studies) (Lecturer in Applied Social Studies)

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Jeffcoate, W.J. (1985). Enkephalins, Endorphins, and Psychiatric Disease. In: Galnd, R.N., Fawzy, F.I., Hudson, B.L., Pasnau, R.O. (eds) Current Themes in Psychiatry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07746-5_5

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