Depression and anxiety associated with secondary amenorrhea
| Autor: | Silvana Grandi, Giovanni A. Fava, Giuseppe Santarsiero, Camillo Orlandi, Manuela Bernardi, Liliana Pasquali Evangelisti, Giancarlo Trombini |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Generalized anxiety disorder endocrine system diseases Adolescent Hydrocortisone Dexamethasone Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans Psychiatry Amenorrhea Applied Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder Psychosomatics medicine.disease Anxiety Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Dexamethasone suppression test Etiology Anxiety Major depressive disorder Female medicine.symptom Psychology hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 0033-3182 |
| Popis: | Secondary amenorrhea, when an organic etiology has been ruled out, is a considerable challenge to gynecologists and family physicians. Five of 18 patients suffering from amenorrhea were found to have major depressive disorder and four others generalized anxiety disorder. The dexamethasone suppression test corroborated clinical findings in three of the five depressed patients, but otherwise yielded low specificity. Since antidepressants may potentially reverse amenorrhea when a severe depressive state is present, the findings should alert the physician to include clinical and biologic criteria for depression in the diagnostic work-up for amenorrhea. |
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