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Effects of Chorionic Gonadotrophin on Adolescent Psychiatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. H. L. Bullmore  and
Alec Coppen
G. H. L. Bullmore
Affiliation:
St. Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Alec Coppen
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Greenbank, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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This investigation was prompted by the work of the late Dr. D. E. Sands and his colleagues on the boys in the Adolescent Unit at St. Ebba's Hospital, Epsom. As a result of a variety of endocrinological investigations and studies on physique they concluded that a substantial proportion of these children showed evidence of physical immaturity. It was consequently decided that certain boys might benefit from a course of injections of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophs (H.C.G.) in order to hasten their physical maturity, as it was felt that this could have a beneficial effect on their psychological development.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 477 , August 1965 , pp. 733 - 739
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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