A Note on Urinary Copper-Reducing Steroid Excretion in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Increased urinary copper-reducing steroid excretion was observed in 8 out of 21 patients suffering from a variety of psychiatric disorders. These 8 patients evidenced greater anxiety than those in whom the CRS excretion was normal. This finding suggests that emotional factors can alter the values obtained in such estimations, and this must be borne in mind when the test is used for the evaluation of organic disease.