title: [Women's reproductive related disorders: a new proposal for the mental health field].
abstract: Recently, a research group has suggested the existence of women's disorders that may be grouped together as reproductive-related disorders, characterized by their timing (related to reproductive processes), shared vulnerability, and a common pathophysiology. Symptoms of reproductive-related disorders could be different among women, but are consistent within each individual woman and always present during reproductive-life periods including pregnancy, postpartum, and the premenstrual and perimenopausal periods. An association between hormonal changes and affective disorders is suggested as a physiopathology process of reproductive-related disorders, with an abnormal adaptation to hormonal changes in vulnerable women. In this paper we describe some characteristics of premenstrual dysphoria disorder, postpartum depression, and perimenopausal depression. A proposed pathophysiology of these disorders is described and pharmacologic options for treatment are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinoza de los Reyes, México, D.F. flores_ramos@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flores-Ramos
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008603:Mental Health