Hormones and Mental Illness in Women – PMDD / Depression and the Pill / Perimenopausal Depression- Prof Kulkarni
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Prof Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre discusses specific psychiatric illnesses that are hormone-related.
- PMS
- PMDD
- Perimenopausal Depression / Late-onset Borderline
- Psychosis Relapse
- Depression and the Pill
The contraceptive pill has allowed women to live selected lifestyles; however, it is also important to remember the negative impacts of contraceptives on the brain.
Implanon is a contraceptive rod containing etonogestrel, which is similar to the naturally occurring hormone progesterone
Prof Kulkarni’s group is currently running a study looking at depression and the pill and they found that Low-dose estradiol (20mcg)was associated with more depression. Older progestins also associated with more depression.
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