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Behavioural changes after treatment with testosterone: case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

P. J. V. Beumont ,
J. H. J. Bancroft ,
C. J. Beardwood  and
G. F. M. Russell
P. J. V. Beumont
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
J. H. J. Bancroft
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
C. J. Beardwood
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
G. F. M. Russell
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Synopsis

A male patient is described whose loss of sexual interest and activity was due to gonadal failure, presumably the result partly of Klinefelter's syndrome and partly of orchitis, though the latter was unilateral. He showed no change during a placebo control period, but within a few days of starting replacement treatment with testosterone he reported a return of sexual interest and showed a response to sexually arousing stimuli; sexual attitudes also improved. This case is of interest because of the specific and rapid psychological response to the correction of an androgen deficiency.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1972 , pp. 70 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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