Psychoendocrinology. A commentary

Abstract

This article provides an outline of both the descriptive and the therapeutic sides of human psychoendocrinology. Attention is given to both the history and future prospects of the discipline. Examples are chosen from both basic and clinical science to illustrate the accomplishments and promise of the field as well as its relationship to its cognate discipline psychopharmacology and the dependence of both on progress in psychiatric nosology.