Menopause and depression: Is there a link?

Maturitas

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-146

  Vivian Taylor, Josephine ^a   Hickey, Martha ^a,b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Menopause; Midlife; Vasomotor menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84916876904     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.05.014     Document Type: Review

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