title: Psychiatric symptoms and disorders associated with reproductive cyclicity in women: advances in screening tools.
abstract: Female-specific psychiatric illness including premenstrual dysphoria, perinatal depression, and psychopathology related to the perimenopausal period are often underdiagnosed and treated. These conditions can negatively affect the quality of life for women and their families. The development of screening tools has helped guide our understanding of these conditions. There is a wide disparity in the methods, definitions, and tools used in studies relevant to female-specific psychiatric illness. As a result, there is no consensus on one tool that is most appropriate for use in a research or clinical setting. In reviewing this topic, we hope to highlight the evolution of various tools as they have built on preexisting instruments and to identify the psychometric properties and clinical applicability of available tools. It would be valuable for researchers to reach a consensus on a core set of screening instruments specific to female psychopathology to gain consistency within and between clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: anxiety; depression; diagnosis; diagnostic instrument; diagnostic tool; menopause; postpartum depression; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; rating scale; screening