Citation

Pope HG, Katz DL. Am. J. Psychiatry 1988; 145(4): 487-490.

Affiliation

Epidemiology Laboratory, Mailman Research Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3279830

Abstract

To assess the frequency of affective and psychotic symptoms in athletes taking anabolic steroids, the authors performed structured interviews of 41 body-builders and American football players who had used steroids. According to DSM-III-R, nine subjects (22%) displayed a full affective syndrome, and five (12%) displayed psychotic symptoms in association with steroid use. These findings suggest that major psychiatric symptoms may be a common adverse effect of these drugs.

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