Review, 2000
How do hormonal changes affect women's psychiatric conditions and their treatment?
Psychiatric disorders occur more commonly or exclusively in women. Hormonal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle affect how psychiatric symptoms present and how medications work in women's bodies.
What they did
Review article examining psychiatric disorders specific to or more common in women, including PMDD, pregnancy-related psychiatric issues, and PTSD.
What they found
PMDD is highlighted as one of three key issues in women's mental health. Neurobiological fluctuations across the menstrual and life cycles affect how psychiatric disorders develop and how psychiatric medications work.
What it means for you
Women's psychiatric health is affected by menstrual hormones in ways that differ from men. PMDD is recognized as an important area for psychiatric treatment. This is an incomplete review article, limiting the specific findings presented.
About the study
- Original title
- Psychiatric aspects of women's health
- Authors
- Stein DJ, Nair MG
- Journal
- International clinical psychopharmacology
- Year
- 2000
- Study design
- Review
- What was tested
- None - literature review
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1097/00004850-200015010-00001
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