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Neuroendocrine Dysfunction in Subtypes of Depression

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Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction

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As pointed out by G. M. Brown and associates in their contribution to this volume, “neuroendocrine function may provide a means of differentiating various subtypes among the affective disorders, because they may mirror the central activity of biogenic amines in depressed subjects. Different types of neurotransmitter deficit have been postulated in depressive illness. Different underlying abnormalities could lead to syndromes which differ with respect to clinical characteristics, visceral symptomatology, and endocrine abnormalities.” They have listed a series of endocrine abnormalities of depressed patients as described in the literature and added information about their own findings on neuroendocrine effects of lithium (see also Prange and Loosen, this volume; Johnson, 1982; Sachar, 1982; Winokur et al., 1982).

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