Perimenopausal depression: Covering mood and vasomotor symptoms
Current Psychiatry. 2008 October;07(10):39-50
October 1, 2008|Current Psychiatry
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Hormones, antidepressants, or psychotherapy—what would you recommend?
- Greene Climacteric Scale. www.menopausematters.co.uk/greenescale.php.
- Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology. www.idsqids.org.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. National Institutes of Health. https://nccam.nih.gov.
Drug brand names
- Citalopram • Celexa
- Duloxetine • Cymbalta
- Escitalopram • Lexapro
- Estradiol • various
- Eszopiclone • Lunesta
- Fluoxetine • Prozac
- Gabapentin • Neurontin
- Medroxyprogesterone • Provera
- Mirtazapine • Remeron
- Paroxetine • Paxil
- Sertraline • Zoloft
- Venlafaxine • Effexor
- Zolpidem • Ambien
Disclosures
Dr. Brandon and Dr. Shivakumar report no financial relationship with any company whose products are mentioned in this article or with manufacturers of competing products.
Dr. Freeman receives research support from GlaxoSmithKline, Forest Pharmaceuticals, and Eli Lilly and Company. She was associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas when this article was written and is now on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
