Biology of psychoses: past research and new frontiers
Brodie, H.K.
Southern Medical Journal 70(9): 1064-1066
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 331484 Document Number: 118843
This paper reviews major research developments in the biology of mental illness. Theories concerning schizophrenia and affective disease are shown to be based on the mode of action of drugs discovered in the 1950s and used in the treatment of these disorders. Discovery of the endorphins and the development of a new receptor site neurobiology are shown to have a potential major impact on the future of psychiatric research.