psychoendocrinologyn.

1928 L. Berman in Science 17 Feb. 195/2 I propose the word ‘psycho-endocrinology’ as the name for that branch of science which deals with the relation of the endocrine glands to mental activities.

1953 Internat. Rec. Med. 166 196 Psychoendocrinology will become in psychiatric research a much more recognized branch than it is at present.

1975 S. Arieti Amer. Handbk. Psychiatry (ed. 2) IV. 555/1 By the late 1950s..it was generally recognized not only that psychoendocrinology rested on a solid experimental foundation, but that psychological stimuli were..among the most potent of all natural stimuli to the pituitary–adrenal cortical system.

1996 Hormones & Behaviour 30 319 The psychoendocrinology of the development of normal gender identity and its variations is poorly understood.

1961 Psychosomatic Med. 23 449/1 (heading) Psycho-endocrinologic studies in a male with cyclic changes in sexuality.

2001 Anesthesia & Analgesia 93 1093 Extensive preoperative oral information in combination with more personal attention by the physician did not have any significant influence on the perioperative psychoendocrinologic course of stress.

1958 M. Reiss Psychoendocrinol. i. 20 The responsibility of the psychoendocrinologist in such a case has become very grave indeed.

1986 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Jan. 201/3 We would respectfully suggest that even modern psychoendocrinologists could benefit from having a sense of medical history—otherwise they may well be doomed to repeat its mistakes.