[Importance of hormonal and psychosocial factors of depression in women].
Women suffer from depression twice as often as men. For female patients, certain life events and hormonal transition phases additionally influence the disease against the background of a multifactorial genesis. These include pregnancy, the postpartum period, loss of a child, menopause, the menstrual cycle or hormone therapies. For the symptoms and treatment of depressions that develop in these contexts, there are some sex-specific characteristics that must be considered. Thus when treating women, the interaction of hormonal and psychosocial aspects must be especially borne in mind.
Gynäkologische Psychosomatik, Universitätsfrauenklinik Bonn. anke.rohde@ukb.uni-bonn.de
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones