Reactive Hypoglyceinic Tendency among Habitually Violent Offenders

68 male habitually violent offenders and 20 male controls from the psychiatric personnel were studied by means of the glucose tolerance test and found that those with an intermittent explosive disorder had much less glucose tolerance than other offenders.

Abstract

68 male habitually violent offenders and 20 male controls from the psychiatric personnel were studied by means of the glucose tolerance test. Those with an intermittent explosive disorder had much the same kind of abnormal curve as the antisocial personality group, but the return from reactive hypoglycemia to the original basal values was very rapid. It was also found that in the whole group of habitually violent offenders, the slow recovery from hypoglycemia was connected with those features which are usually considered typical of the antisocial personality.