Depression in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: Prevalence, Pathophysiology and Pharmacological Management

• Published in: Drugs & aging Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 677 - 685
• Main Author: Soares, Claudio N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2013; Adis International; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affect - drug effects; Biological and medical sciences; Depression; Depression - drug therapy; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - metabolism; Depression - physiopathology; Emotions; Estrogens; Estrogens - metabolism; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Hormones; Hot flash; Humans; Hypotheses; Internal Medicine; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menopause; Mental depression; Middle age; Mood disorders; Ovaries; Perimenopause - psychology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmacotherapy; PMS; Postmenopause - psychology; Premenstrual syndrome; Prevalence; Professionals; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Therapy in Practice; Womens health; Zolpidem; Sleep Problem; Duloxetine; Escitalopram; Major Depressive Disorder; Mood disorder; Human; Prevalence; Pathophysiology; Menopause; Pharmacotherapy; Depression; Review; Epidemiology; Treatment; Postmenopause; Adult; Female; Woman; Elderly

Epidemiologic and clinic data have unequivocally supported the notion that women experience more psychiatric problems at some point in their lives compared with men, particularly mood and anxiety symptoms and sleep problems. It is also known that, for some women, such increased risk might be associa...