Psychological and nutritional factors in disturbances of menstrual function and ovulation

Russell, G. F. M.

doi:10.1136/pgmj.48.555.10

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“…Stressful circumstances may sensitize women to mild premenstrual changes that might otherwise go unnoticed or be tolerated with more equanimity (140,141). Stressful events also may affect physiologic processes that alter a woman's menstrual experience (for reviews, see 142,143). For example, adrenocortical reactivity to stressors may vary during the menstrual cycle, with a heightened cortisol response in the premenstrual phase (144; but see 145).…”

Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

confidence: 97%

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Logue¹,

Moos²

1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

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This article provides an overview of information on the prevalence of perimenstrual symptoms. Overall, at least 40% of women experience some cyclical perimenstrual symptoms. Although most women rate their symptoms as mild, approximately 2%-10% report severe symptoms. Prospective studies of perimenstrual symptoms indicate that retrospective reports are reasonably accurate among women who experience moderate to severe symptoms. However, among the majority of women with few or minimal symptoms, retrospective reports may amplify the cyclicity of variation in comparison to concurrent reports. A variety of risk factors are associated with patterns of symptom reporting and may provide clues to the etiology of perimenstrual symptoms and help to identify women most vulnerable to them. A woman's age and cycle characteristics are predictors of the type and severity of perimenstrual symptoms she experiences. In addition, a history of affective illness may be associated with increased reporting of perimenstrual symptoms. Future research should focus on developing new diagnostic criteria for subtypes of perimenstrual syndromes, exploring positive symptoms and experiences associated with the menstrual cycle, and formulating holistic treatment approaches that view perimenstrual syndromes as psychosomatic conditions.

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Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

confidence: 97%

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Logue¹,

Moos²

1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

180

112

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“…Weight loss and loss of body fat may play a role (Frisch & McArthur, 1973). Urinary and basal serum levels of LH and FSH increase with weight recovery in some but not in all AN patients (Beumont et al, 1976;Danowski et al, 1972;Hurd et al, 1977;Isaacs et al, 1980;Jeuniewic, Brown, Garfinkel, & Moldofsky, 1978;Palmer, Crisp, MacKinnon, Franklin, Bonnar, & Wheller, 1975;Russell, 1965Russell, , 1972Sherman et al, 1975;Wakeling & DeSouza, 1983). The degree of weight recovery at which normal serum levels of LH and FSH are attained may have to be greater in AN patients who restrict their food intake than in those who alternate between restricting and bingeing (Wakeling & DeSouza, 1983).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Physiology of eating disorders

Weiner¹

1985

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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This article summarizes current understanding of the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa. Evidence is reviewed of alterations in hypothalamic‐pitui‐tary‐thyroid mechanisms, catecholamine metabolism, and endogenous opioid activity. It is concluded that once weight loss and starvation occur, the usual mechanisms for release and inhibition of various regulators of eating behavior change, and a new set of regulating mechanisms is instituted. Thus, despite an increased body of knowledge, understanding of the origins of anorexia nervosa still eludes us.

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“…It is also probable that the weight loss and malnutrition aggravate the mental disorder in the manner discussed earlier (c). The literature on the effects of emotional upheavals and mental illness in causing amenorrhoea also supports a direct pathway between mental and hypothalamic disorders in anorexia nervosa (d) (Drew, 1961;Russell, 19726). Next, there is a possible link between a disorder in the hypothalamic control of food intake and the food refusal characteristic of anorexia nervosa (e).…”

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The present status of anorexia nervosa

Russell¹

1977

Psychol. Med.

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Psychological and nutritional factors in disturbances of menstrual function and ovulation

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

The Physiology of eating disorders

The present status of anorexia nervosa

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