The Menopausal Transition: Interface Between Gynecology and Psychiatry
(Key Issues in Mental Health)
By Claudio N. Soares, Michelle Warren
(Key Issues in Mental Health)
By Claudio N. Soares, Michelle Warren
- Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
- Number Of Pages: 149
- Publication Date: 2009-04-30
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3805591012
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783805591010
Part of the Foreword:
The interplay between the hormone milieu, physiologic changes and psychological
symptoms across the female life cycle has long intrigued scientists and physicians.
After all, women appear to be particularly vulnerable to the development of psychiatric
conditions during certain periods in life that are marked not only by intense
sometimes chaotic hormone variations and psychosocial stressors but also
accompanied by changes in social, family and professional roles in life. For several
decades, health professionals and researchers in womens health and psychiatry
have attempted to explore the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and underlying
mechanisms that contribute to various medical and psychiatric conditions during
these windows of vulnerability in a womans life. Albeit important, isolated efforts
have produced limited understanding of the complex nature of these phenomena.
Fortunately, more and more investigators have become increasingly aware of the
importance of knowledge exchange and integrated research when dealing with
female-specific somatic and psychological conditions.
The menopausal transition poses a particular challenge to professionals in psychiatry
and gynecology and such a challenge demands an integrated effort. Thus, we
conceptualized this book to close the gap in clinical and research knowledge while
examining the menopausal transition from an integrated angle of psychologists, psychiatrists,
gynecologists, endocrinologists, epidemiologists, etc. The book begins with
an overview of what to expect from the menopause transition and its interface with
the aging process. Next, relevant but still understudied aspects of the menopausal
transition ***uality, sociocultural changes, impact of life stressors, and emergence
of depression are explored. This is followed by reviews of the physiology of thermoregulation
and the occurrence of hot flashes; a better understanding of vasomotor
complaints is essential given the prevalence and significant burden associated with
these symptoms and their putative links to mood changes and sleep disruption.
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The interplay between the hormone milieu, physiologic changes and psychological
symptoms across the female life cycle has long intrigued scientists and physicians.
After all, women appear to be particularly vulnerable to the development of psychiatric
conditions during certain periods in life that are marked not only by intense
sometimes chaotic hormone variations and psychosocial stressors but also
accompanied by changes in social, family and professional roles in life. For several
decades, health professionals and researchers in womens health and psychiatry
have attempted to explore the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and underlying
mechanisms that contribute to various medical and psychiatric conditions during
these windows of vulnerability in a womans life. Albeit important, isolated efforts
have produced limited understanding of the complex nature of these phenomena.
Fortunately, more and more investigators have become increasingly aware of the
importance of knowledge exchange and integrated research when dealing with
female-specific somatic and psychological conditions.
The menopausal transition poses a particular challenge to professionals in psychiatry
and gynecology and such a challenge demands an integrated effort. Thus, we
conceptualized this book to close the gap in clinical and research knowledge while
examining the menopausal transition from an integrated angle of psychologists, psychiatrists,
gynecologists, endocrinologists, epidemiologists, etc. The book begins with
an overview of what to expect from the menopause transition and its interface with
the aging process. Next, relevant but still understudied aspects of the menopausal
transition ***uality, sociocultural changes, impact of life stressors, and emergence
of depression are explored. This is followed by reviews of the physiology of thermoregulation
and the occurrence of hot flashes; a better understanding of vasomotor
complaints is essential given the prevalence and significant burden associated with
these symptoms and their putative links to mood changes and sleep disruption.
http://www.book4doc.com/60351
http://www.book4doc.com/49831
http://www.book4doc.com/33901
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