The Carbohydrate Tolerance of Mentally Disturbed Soldiers*

The Exton-Rose glucose tolerance test was performed on 20 normal soldiers and 91 military patients discharged because of psychiatric disorders. The patients showed a higher incidence of abnormal sugar tolerances (70%) than the normal subjects (30%). Excessive secretion of adrenalin did not seem to be a major factor in the causation of such trends. A relationship between high blood sugar level and psychological condition is suggested by certain Rorschach findings and by the alteration of the blood sugar level of subjects with normal trends by the introduction of a state of psychological stress.