Psychiatric Morbidity and the Menopause

Editorials1 March 1976Psychiatric Morbidity and the MenopauseANNE COLSTON WENTZ, M.D.ANNE COLSTON WENTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-84-3-331 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTwo recently published papers address the problem of increasing psychiatric disease in menopausal women. The first shows that the observed increase in psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women may be positively correlated with the degree of symptomatic manifestations, but it suggests additionally, since the increase begins before menopause, that fluctuating hormonal levels during the premenopausal period may explain the increased morbidity. The second paper, written for the busy gynecologist, proposes a simple test for the screening of psychiatrically ill women: before and after the intravenous administration of estrogen, patients are scored using the Kupperman index of menopausal symptomatology; failure to improve...References1. BALLINGER C: Psychiatric morbidity and the menopause; screening of general population sample. Br Med J 3:344-346, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. KAUFMAN S: Limited relationship of maturation index to estrogen therapy for menopausal symptoms. An analysis of 200 patients. Obstet Gynecol 30:399-407, 1967 MedlineGoogle Scholar3. SHERMANKORENMAN BS: Hormonal characteristics of the human menstrual cycle throughout reproductive life. J Clin Invest 55:699-706, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. WINOKUR G: Depression in the menopause. Am J Psychiatry 130:92-93, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. FOREMAN J: Hormonal vs. psychosomatic disturbances of the menopause. Psychosomatics 9 (section 2): 17-21, 1968 CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. NEUGARTENKRAINES BR: "Menopausal symptoms" in women of various ages. Psychosom Med 28:266-273, 1965 CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. DORFMAN W: The emotional basis of illness. II. Woman—the mature years and beyond. Psychosomatics 9 (section 2): 1-47, 1968 MedlineGoogle Scholar8. RYANGIBSON KD (eds.): Menopause and Aging. DHEW Publication (NIH) No. 73-319. Bethesda, Public Health Service, 1973 Google Scholar9. GEORGEUTIANBEAUMONT GWP: Effect of exogenous oestrogens on minor psychiatric symptoms in postmenopausal women. S Afr Med J 47:2387-2388, 1973 MedlineGoogle Scholar10. ACHTÉ K: Menopause from the psychiatrist's point of view. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand [suppl 1] 49:3-17, 1970 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. ABEFURUHASHIOHASHI TNI: A new method for the screening of unidentified complaints syndrome in pre-, midand post-menopausal women. Tohoku J Exp Med 116:81-86, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. KUPPERMANWETCHLERBLATT HBM: Contemporary therapy of the menopausal syndrome. JAMA 171:1627-1637, 1959 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByThe Trigger Function of the MenopauseDrugs Spotlight Program Management of the MenopauseTHOMAS DETRE, M.D., T. TERRY HAYASHI, M.D., DAVID F. ARCHER, M.D.MENOPAUSAL FLUSHING: DOES OESTROGEN THERAPY MAKE SENSE? 1 March 1976Volume 84, Issue 3Page: 331-333KeywordsEstrogensMenopauseMorbidity Issue Published: 1 March 1976 PDF DownloadLoading ...