Climacteric - Psychology
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Efficacy of soy isoflavones for depressive symptoms of the climacteric syndrome.

29 Mar 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of soy isoflavones extract (SIE) in the treatment of depressive symptoms in women with climacteric syndrome. METHODS: Placebo-controlled double-blind randomized study with 84 climacteric outpatients attended in ... Read more...

Changes in circulating cytokine levels in midlife women with psychological symptoms with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and Japanese traditional medicine.

18 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the effects on serum cytokine concentrations of paroxetine, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor, and kamishoyosan, a Japanese traditional medicine, in midlife women with psychological ... Read more...

Is the Menopause Rating Scale accurate for diagnosing sexual dysfunction among climacteric women?

11 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Although several tools have been designed to assess quality of life (QoL) among middle-aged women their capacity to specifically assess sexual dysfunction (SD) remains uncertain. Moreover, if SD impairs QoL within this population, then ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Climacteric - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Efficacy of soy isoflavones for depressive symptoms of the climacteric syndrome. 29 Mar 2009
• Changes in circulating cytokine levels in midlife women with psychological symptoms with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and Japanese traditional medicine. 18 Feb 2009
• Is the Menopause Rating Scale accurate for diagnosing sexual dysfunction among climacteric women? 11 Feb 2009
• Sexuality during the climacteric period. 28 Jan 2009
• Vasomotor symptoms and depression in women, part I. Role of vasomotor symptoms in signaling the onset or relapse of a major depressive episode. 30 Dec 2008
• Progesterone, progestogens and psychosomatic health of the climacteric woman. 14 Dec 2008
• [Association between climacteric symptoms and quality of life] 29 Nov 2008
• Recasting Hope: a process of adaptation following fetal anomaly diagnosis. 17 Nov 2008
• Applying a conceptual model for examining health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: CALGB study 79804. 30 Oct 2008
• [Alternative therapies for menopausal women] 21 Oct 2008
• An overview and proposed framework of social-environmental influences on the physical-activity behavior of women. 30 Aug 2008
• Factors influencing women's quality of life in the later half of life. 30 May 2008
• Depression and anxiety through the climacteric period: an epidemiological study (HUNT-II). 30 May 2008
• Effect of yoga on cognitive functions in climacteric syndrome: a randomised control study. 20 May 2008
• Women's perception of the efficacy of a soy extract with probiotic: the M3 study. 30 Mar 2008
• Menopausal symptom perception and severity: results from a screening questionnaire. 30 Mar 2008
• [Midlife crisis in men? Subjectively perceived physical and mental changes in men of advancing age] 15 Jan 2008
• Factor analysis of Greene's Climacteric Scale for Indian women. 19 Dec 2007
• Differences in health related quality of life in a sample of Spanish menopausal women with and without obesity. 7 Nov 2007
• Experience and attitudes toward menopause in Chinese women living in Sydney--a cross sectional survey. 3 Nov 2007

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Technical information about 'Climacteric'

Definition: Physiologic period, characterized by endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes with the termination of ovarian function in the female. It may also accompany the normal diminution of sexual activity in the male.

Descriptor UI: D002979

Alternative terms: Climacteric; Climacterics; Change of Life; Life Change; Life Changes;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine;

Tree Number: G08.686.157; G08.686.785.760.960.249;

History Note: 1966

Technical Notes: female and male; consider also MENOPAUSE or ANDROPAUSE