title: Social factors in the psychology of menstruation, birth, and menopause.
abstract: Information about possible social influences on the psychology of reproduction, supplemented by a clinical understanding of the psychodynamics of the individual and scientific knowledge about the effects of hormones on behavior, provides insight into the experience of a particular woman in a particular social milieu. Such insight is an appropriate basis for effective treatment of many of the clinical problems in the area of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008593:Menopause; D008598:Menstruation; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000209:etiology