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Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders

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Editors:
  1. Niels Bergemann

    1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Anita Riecher-Rössler

    1. Psychiatric Outpatient Department, University of Basel, Switzerland

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  • Potential therapeutic implications
  • Estrogens in Alzheimer's disease
  • Estrogens in schizophrenia

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Estrogens in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: From Physiology to Pathophysiology

    • Helmut Vedder, Christian Behl
    Pages 1-30

  3. Estrogens and Schizophrenia

    • Anita Riecher-Rössler
    Pages 31-52

  4. Gender Differences in Schizophrenia

    • Heinz Häfner
    Pages 53-94

  5. Puberty and Schizophrenia Onset

    • Robin Z. Hayeems, Mary V. Seeman
    Pages 95-106

  6. Clinical Estrogen Trials in Patients with Schizophrenia

    • Jayashri Kulkarni
    Pages 107-122

  7. Hypoestrogenism and Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Women Suffering from Schizophrenia

    • Niels Bergemann, Christoph Mundt, Peter Parzer, Benno Runnebaum, Franz Resch
    Pages 123-144

  8. The Effect of Estrogens on Depression

    • Linda S. Kahn, Uriel Halbreich
    Pages 145-173

  9. Estrogens and Other Hormones in the Treatment of Premenstrual Syndromes

    • Leslie Born, Meir Steiner
    Pages 175-189

  10. Estrogens and Perinatal Disorders

    • Alain Gregoire
    Pages 191-206

  11. Estrogen Therapy in Perimenopausal Affective Disorders

    • Gabriela Stoppe, Martina Dören
    Pages 207-222

  12. The Effects of Estrogens on Cognition and Alzheimer's Dementia

    • Tony Edwin, Uriel Halbreich
    Pages 223-237

  13. Effects of Hormone Therapy on Patterns of Brain Activation during Cognitive Activity: A Review of Neuroimaging Studies

    • Pauline M. Maki, Susan M. Resnick
    Pages 239-251

  14. Estrogens in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Clinical and Neurobiological Perspective

    • Peter Schönknecht, Johannes Pantel, Aoife Hunt, Marcus Henze, Thomas Strowitzki, Johannes Schröder
    Pages 253-270

  15. Estrogen Therapy: Interface Between Gynecology and Psychiatry

    • Khaled M.K. Ismail, G.V. Sunanda, P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
    Pages 271-287

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 289-291
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A number of studies, mostly focusing on estrogen replacement therapy in women, have reported beneficial actions of these hormones on various neurobiological and neuropathological parameters in health and disease. Recent research has focused on gender differences and there is increasing evidence that estrogens exert protective effects in schizophrenia. Hormonal fluctuations or lack of estrogen may increase the risk of depression among vulnerable women. Treatment of depression with estrogen may stabilize and restore disrupted homeostasis – as during post-partum, premenstrual, or perimenopausal conditions – and act as a psychomodulator to offset vulnerability to dysphoric mood when estrogen levels are significantly decreased, as in the case of postmenopausal women. Studies on the effect of estrogens on Alzheimer’s Disease are still rather controversial, they do, however, facilitate the hypothesis that estrogens may have a modifying effect on the onset and course of AD, at least in subgroups of patients.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Niels Bergemann

  • Psychiatric Outpatient Department, University of Basel, Switzerland

    Anita Riecher-Rössler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders

  • Editors: Niels Bergemann, Anita Riecher-Rössler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b12686

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-40485-0Published: 22 November 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1707-1Published: 18 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-27063-9Published: 27 December 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 296

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Gynecology, Medical Biochemistry, Neurology, Neurosciences, Psychotherapy

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