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Causal Factors in Childhood and Adolescence for Later Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Identified

Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use has become a major worldwide substance use disorder that threatens the health of tens of millions of individuals. Thus, it is important to understand the factors that lead certain people to start using these drugs. Researchers at McLean Hospital reanalyzed data...

In the Media: What Bodybuilders Do to Their Bodies – And Brains

Dr. Harrison G. Pope contributes to this article examining the effects of anabolic steroids.

In the Media: Misuse of Steroids, Other Performance Enhancers Slips Under Radar

Dr. Harrison G. Pope argues that steroids and other performance enhancing drugs deserve more attention in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).

In the Media: Steroids Are Rampant Among Fitness Influencers, Trainers and Bodybuilders Say

Dr. Harrison G. Pope shares research into anabolic steroids and the long-term side effects of their use.

In the Media: The Open Secret to Looking Like a Superhero

Drs. Harrison G. Pope and Roberto Olivardia discuss anabolic steroid use and body dysmorphic disorders among men.

Doping in Sports: Official Tests Fail to Pick up Majority of Cases

A new scientific study has found that doping is far more common in professional sport than the rates suggested by blood and urine tests of the athletes. The study found that at least 30% of athletes in the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships and 45% of...

Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Pose a Critical Health Issue

More research is needed to address the critical health problems associated with the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among American men, according to Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH, writing in a new opinion paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Pope is the director...

Staff Profile: Gen Kanayama, MD, PhD

As an MD, PhD at Osaka University, Dr. Gen Kanayama developed an animal model for Alzheimer’s disease, showing that repeated mild mechanical brain injury may trigger cytoskeletal change, similar to that in human Alzheimer’s disease. He also worked as a staff psychiatrist at Mihara and Sanda Kogen...

Staff Profile: Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH

Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH, has conducted research in a wide range of areas in psychiatry and has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. This work includes many publications on the diagnosis and treatment of psychotic disorders and major mood disorders, together with extensive research on...

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