Psychosomatic Medicine 6:311-317 (1944)
© 1944 American Psychosomatic Society

The Carbohydrate Tolerance of Mentally Disturbed Soldiers

¹ Memorial Foundation for Neuro-Endocrine Research and the Research Service of the Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts

The Exton-Rose glucose tolerance test was performed on 20 normal soldiers and 91 military patients discharged because of psychiatric disorders. The patients showed a higher incidence of abnormal sugar tolerances (70%) than the normal subjects (30%). Excessive secretion of adrenalin did not seem to be a major factor in the causation of such trends. A relationship between high blood sugar level and psychological condition is suggested by certain Rorschach findings and by the alteration of the blood sugar level of subjects with normal trends by the introduction of a state of psychological stress.

Note:
We wish to express our appreciation to Lt.-Colonel Morton Brown and Lt.-Colonel Leon S. Medalia of the New Station Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, for their cooperation in securing the services of normal military controls.

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