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Review, 1999

# Do estrogen and progesterone affect mood in women?

This review examines how estrogen and progesterone may influence mood and whether severe PMS is caused by a hormone problem, but the abstract does not state what the review found.

 Moderate study design

Literature review of studies on women

## What they did

Literature review that examined studies on how estrogen and progesterone affect mood and whether severe PMS is causally related to an ovarian hormone disorder.

## What they found

The abstract does not provide the findings or conclusions from the review.

## What it means for you

This is a summary article that describes research on hormones and mood. Without reading the full article, you cannot know what the authors concluded about whether hormones cause mood changes.

## About the study

Original title Estrogen, progesterone, and mood Authors Schechter D Journal The journal of gender-specific medicine : JGSM : the official journal of the Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia Year 1999 Study design Review What was tested None - review article Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11252868/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11252868/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Major depressive disorder](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-major-depression/)

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