The relationship between bipolar disorder, seasonality, and premenstrual symptoms

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 500-503

  Kim, Deborah R ^a   Czarkowski, Kathryn A ^a   Epperson, C Neill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Melatonin; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Premenstrual syndrome; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM SALT; MELATONIN; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDERS QUESTIONNAIRE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEASON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84855880299     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0233-z     Document Type: Article

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