Increased prevalence, severity, and burden of anxiety, trauma-related and stress-related
disorders in women compared with men has been well documented. Evidence from a variety …

Despite decades of research on the physiological and psychological effects of the menstrual
cycle, studies have not sufficiently adopted consistent methods for operationalizing the …

Importance Millions of women worldwide use hormonal contraception. Despite the clinical
evidence of an influence of hormonal contraception on some women's mood, associations …

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) are common
disorders of the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and are characterized by moderate to …

Objective: In this conceptual review, the authors propose a novel mechanistic candidate in
the etiology of depression with onset in the menopause transition (“perimenopausal …

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe mood disorder, with affective
symptoms that rise and fall in concert with the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle …

Premenstrual disorders (PMD) are characterised by a cluster of somatic and psychological
symptoms of varying severity that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and …

The second consensus meeting of the International Society for Premenstrual Disorders
(ISPMD) took place in London during March 2011. The primary goal was to evaluate the …

Despite the exponential increase in fear research during the last years, few studies have
included female subjects in their design. The need to include females arises from the …

Objective Preclinical evidence indicates that rapid changes in levels of allopregnanolone,
the predominant metabolite of progesterone, confer dramatic behavioral changes and may …