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The effects of postmenopausal hormone therapies on female sexual functioning: a review of double-blind, randomized controlled trialsJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group of Northern California Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Menopause 11:749-65. 2004..Other unknowns include long-term safety, optimal types, doses and routes of therapy, which women will be more likely to benefit from (or be put at risk), and the precise interplay between the two sex hormones...
Neurobehavioral impact of menopause on moodJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S81-91. 2007..In most cases, the period of vulnerability to mood problems subsides when the woman's hormonal levels stabilize and she enters full menopause...
Quest for timely detection and treatment of women with depressionJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, Oakland, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 13:S3-11. 2007..Women are at risk for a wide range of depressive and anxiety disorders and particularly for mood disorders associated with their menstrual cycle, with seasonality, and during the menopausal transition...
Role of stressful life events and menopausal stage in wellbeing and healthJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S93-113. 2007..Strategies for the optimal approach for clinicians to evaluate and treat the symptomatic perimenopausal patient with stressful life events and comorbid mood disorders are presented...
Collaborative depression care, screening, diagnosis and specificity of depression treatments in the primary care settingJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S59-80. 2007..Treatment for depression comorbid with distressing menopausal symptoms would be facilitated by the implementation of a collaborative care program for depression in the primary care setting...
Women, anxiety and mood: a review of nomenclature, comorbidity and epidemiologyJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S45-58. 2007..The epidemiology, nomenclature and clinical diagnostic issues of these illnesses in midlife woman are reviewed...
Series overview and introductionJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S3-6. 2007..Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of women with psychiatric comorbidity and a symptomatic menopause are discussed...
Testosterone and libido in surgically and naturally menopausal womenJeanne L Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group of Northern California Psychiatry Women s Health, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, 1700 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 329, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 2:459-77. 2006..The issue of long-term safety remains to be answered...
Role of psychiatric comorbidity on cognitive function during and after the menopausal transitionJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S157-80. 2007..Evaluation and treatment strategies for the symptomatic menopausal woman distressed by changes in her day-to-day cognitive function with or without psychiatric comorbidity are presented...
Arthralgias, bodily aches and pains and somatic complaints in midlife women: etiology, pathophysiology and differential diagnosisJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S15-26. 2007..Familiarity with the differential diagnosis, pathophysiology and evidence-based treatment for such patients is crucial to their proper care...
Assessment and treatment for insomnia and fatigue in the symptomatic menopausal woman with psychiatric comorbidityJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S139-55. 2007....
Treatment of vasomotor symptoms in the menopausal transition and postmenopausally: psychiatric comorbidityJeanne Leventhal Alexander
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Women s Health Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S115-37. 2007....
Estrogen and androgen hormone therapy and well-being in surgically postmenopausal womenKrista Kotz
Kotz Health Policy Consulting, Orinda, California 94563, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:898-908. 2006..The purpose of this review was to examine the effects of hormone therapies on well-being among surgically menopausal women...
Practical aspects in the management of vaginal atrophy and sexual dysfunction in perimenopausal and postmenopausal womenIrwin Goldstein
J Sex Med 2:154-65. 2005..Vaginal atrophy is an important contributor to postmenopausal sexual dysfunction...
Impact of clinician and patient attitudes on clinical decision making for the symptomatic menopausal woman with or without comorbidityNancy Fugate Woods
University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S27-34. 2007..Working with a woman's beliefs, sharing decision making, and empowering her through health education are all critical aspects of the treatment of the patient with comorbid perimenopausal symptoms, regardless of their etiology...
Nomenclature and endocrinology of menopause and perimenopauseHenry Burger
Prince Henry s Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Vic, Australia
Expert Rev Neurother 7:S35-43. 2007..This information will be very helpful to the clinician treating the concerned and symptomatic patient. It will also aid clinicians to avoid unnecessary laboratory testing and help them educate their patients about their perimenopause...
A symptomatic approach to understanding women's health experiences: a cross-cultural comparison of women aged 20 to 70 yearsLorraine Dennerstein
Office for Gender and Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Menopause 14:688-96. 2007..To determine patterns of symptoms across age groups, identify symptom groups associated with ovarian hormonal depletion or other variables, and develop a prediction model for each symptom...
