Mental health among perimenopausal women attending a menopause clinic: Possible association with premenstrual syndrome?

Climacteric

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 264-270

  Novaes, C ^a,d   Almeida, O P ^c   De Melo, N R ^b  

^a Institute of Psychiatry   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Depression; Estrogen; Menopause; Perimenopause; PRemenstrual Syndrome; Psychiatric Morbidity; Psychiatric Symptoms; SRQ 20 PMTS; Women's Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032387868     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139809085553     Document Type: Article

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