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II. Glucose Metabolism in Schizophrenic, Manic-Depressive, and Involutional Psychoses

DOROTHY H. HENNEMAN, M.D.; MARK D. ALTSCHULE, M.D.; ROSE MARIE GONCZ

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1954;94(3):402-416.

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THE carbohydrate metabolism in schizophrenia and in manic-depressive and involutional psychoses have long been controversial subjects.¹ The experiments described here were designed to throw light on these questions about the carbohydrate metabolism in psychotic patients.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The subjects studied were psychotic patients and normal adult subjects of comparable age. The psychotic patients were suffering from schizophrenic, manic-depressive, or involutional psychoses; had no other intercurrent disease; were well nourished and not debilitated; were not receiving shock therapy, and were cooperative during the study; the women had normal menstrual function. All subjects had a high carbohydrate intake, in addition to their adequate normal diets, for three to five days before each experiment. They were at rest throughout the study and in the fasting state at the time the initial blood specimen was taken.

The methods used were that of Folin and Wu for blood glucose,² that of Somogyi . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON; WAVERLEY, MASS

From the Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass., and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Postdoctorate Fellow, United States Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health (Dr. Henneman).