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Patient perception: link between menopause and mental illness?(Gynecology)
WASHINGTON -- More than half of 74 women with serious mental illness perceived that menopause made their conditions worse, Dr. Martha Sajatovic reported in a poster presentation at a meeting sponsored by the International Association for Women's Mental Health.
Prior studies have suggested that menopause is associated with declining clinical outcomes among women with mental illness, said Dr. Sajatovic of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
In a prospective pilot study, perimenopausal or menopausal women aged 45-55 years (mean age 50.2) completed a 13-item questionnaire about their knowledge of menopause, a 9-item questionnaire about their ...
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Dental Hygiene Longley, Alison J. Doyle, Patricia E. June 22, 2003 700+ words
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- Mental illness stigma: problem of public health or social justice?(Column)
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 25, 2004 700+ words
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- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Michigan) Launches TV Awareness...
- Newspaper article from: Mental Health Weekly Digest September 14, 2009 700+ words
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Michigan is launching a television awareness...designed to dispel the negative stigma associated with mental illness (see also Mental Illness). "Mental illness can be treated and most people...
- The stigma of mental illness.(Practice & Theory)(Report)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Counseling and Development Overton, Stacy L. Medina, Sondra L. March 22, 2008 700+ words
"People suffering from mental illness and other mental health problems...false assumptions connected with mental illness may be as harmful as the disease...first review the definitions of mental illness and stigma and then review the...
Source: HighBeam Research, Patient perception: link between menopause and mental...