HC Deb 05 June 1967 vol 747 c143W
Mr. Alasdair Mackenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what studies are now proceeding under the auspices of the Medical Research Council into the distribution of androgenic steriods in schizophrenics and other categories of mental patients.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

The urinary exretion of androgens and other steroids in the mentally ill is currently being investigated as part of the programme of the Medical Research Council's Neuro-psychiatric Research Unit with the ultimate aim of shedding light on any underlying endocrinological changes that may accompany scizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.