In:
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, SAGE Publications, Vol. 20, No. 4 ( 1986-12), p. 464-469
Abstract:
In a consecutive series of 28 depressed women, pre-menopausal (n = 13) and post-menopausal (n = 15) patients were compared. Post-menopausal women had significantly higher levels of plasma norepinephrine, plasma 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol, post-dexamethasone plasma cortisol, cerebrospinal fluid 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol and corticotropin-releasing hormone. However, when biologic measures were adjusted for age by analyses of covariance there were no significant differences. Pre-menopausal women had had significantly more life events before the onset of depression than post-menopausal women. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0004-8674
,
1440-1614
DOI:
10.3109/00048678609158899
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1986
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2003849-5
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