Psychosomatic Medicine 26:261-266 (1964)
© 1964 American Psychosomatic Society

Blood Lipids and Behavior in Mental-Hospital Patients

¹ Department of Physiologic Hygiene, Unversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., and the Hastings state Hospital, Hastings, Minn.; Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, St. Louis 39, Mo.
² Department of Physiologic Hygiene, Unversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., and the Hastings state Hospital, Hastings, Minn.; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
³ Department of Physiologic Hygiene, Unversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., and the Hastings state Hospital, Hastings, Minn.; Department of Medical Psychology, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland 1, Ore.
⁴ Department of Physiologic Hygiene, Unversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., and the Hastings state Hospital, Hastings, Minn.; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Two groups of male patients were identified by screening the population of Hastings State Hospital; the 20 with the highest and the 20 with the lowest blood cholesterols were selected for study. Each group was evaluated twice with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Nurses Evaluation Sheet, and Psychotic Reaction Profile. Differences significant at the .01 and .05 levels were noted. Lowcholesterol subjects were more regressed and withdrawn, with less evidence of initiative and positive mental health.

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