Menopause knowledge and subjective experience among peri- and postmenopausal women with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Sajatovic, Martha ^a,e   Friedman, Susan Hatters ^a   Schuermeyer, Isabel N ^a   Safavi, Roknedin ^a,b   Ignacio, Rosalinda V ^c,d   Hays, Robert W ^a   West, Jane A ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NorthEast Ohio Health Services   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Menopause; Schizophrenia; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645108734     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000202479.00623.86     Document Type: Article

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