Critical Life-Events and Prevention Strategies in Mental Health

Evaluation of depressive conditions among Japanese patients at a menopause clinic

“…However, the relationship between menopause and depression has been a topic of many a discussion. As in post‐partum, some report that menopausal depression does exist, 13,14 while there are more recent reports that state that menopause is not significantly related to depression 15,16 . Many maintain that HRT to supplement the hormones that are no longer secreted sufficiently also improves one's depressive state 17–19 .…”

Gender Differences in Schizophrenia: Hormonal Effect or Subtypes?

“…However, this conclusion is purely inferential, and there were no data on subjects' menstrual status at the time of psychotic breakdown. Few studies have attempted to correlate the menopause with onset of psychosis, and those that have done so have found no connection between admission for broad diagnostic groups, including schizophrenia, and recent menopause (Tait et al 1957;Smith 1971). Molnar et al (1988) found low estrogen levels only in those menopausal psychotic patients with depressive illnesses.…”

Empowering family and friends: a new approach to the secondary prevention of addiction

“…In fact, drinking and drug problems exist on a sufficiently large scale, and the stresses involved in living in dose association with them are such that these experiences constitute one of the most common kinds of stressful circumstances, or 'chronic life difficulties', to use a term that has been much employed in social psychiatry. It is interesting in this regard to note that living with someone with a drinking problem crops up as a frequent stressor in social psychiatric studies of the origins of depression and anxiety [7,8].…”