Psychopharmacology for the Clinician columns are usually based on a case report that
illustrates a point of interest in clinical psychopharmacology. They are about 500–650 words …

PIP: The authors present a case report that provides support for a relationship between
estrogen and the menstrual cycle on the 1 hand and affective disorders on the other. The …

“Ms. A” was a 48-year-old Caucasian woman who, like her mother, had first suffered a
psychiatric disorder when she had a major depressive disorder with postpartum onset. At …

ALTHOUGH it has been long recognized that estrogen affects mood, it is still not clear what
role estrogen may play in the management of major depressive disorder. 1-4 This is …

Estrogen exerts profound effects upon behavior by interacting with neuronal estrogen
receptors. Changes in estrogen levels over a woman's life cycle are linked not only to …

Issue: Recent well-controlled studies suggest that estrogen has antidepressant actions in
perimenopausal women. Estrogen may also have antidepressant actions in postpartum …

The purpose of this review is threefold. The first objective is to assess from current literature
the extent to which depressive symptoms may be associated with peri-and postmenopausal …

Depressive disorders in women are commonly associated with reproductive events. This
association may be due in part to the changing balance between estrogen, progesterone …

Background According to studies performed in the last some years, several factors may
increase the risk for depression during menopause to occur. Perimenopause, the period …

The first onset of mood symptoms or exacerbations of pre-existing affective disorders may be
triggered by specific hormonal and lifecycle conditions (eg, menarche, postpartum, peri …