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Psychiatric Complications of Anabolic Steroid Abuse

Received March 9, 2004; revisions received June 29 and Aug. 19, 2004; accepted Sept. 27, 2004. From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Richard C.W. Hall, M.D., 100 East Sybelia Ave., Suite 210, Maitland, FL 32751.

The authors review the literature from human and animal studies on the neurochemical and pathological psychiatric effects of supraphysiological doses of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and discuss the AAS use and abuse patterns, additional drug use patterns, and personality and behavioral characteristics of AAS abusers.

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