Estrogens in schizophrenia: progress, current challenges and opportunities

BA Brand, JN de Boer, IEC Sommer - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The past years have established the importance of estrogens in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia and have shown its relevance to clinical practice through its influence on …

Hormonal contraceptive usage influences stress hormone effects on cognition and emotion

VL Jentsch, L Pötzl, OT Wolf, CJ Merz - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Men and women partially differ in how they respond to stress and how stress in return affects
their cognition and emotion. The influence of hormonal contraceptives (HCs) on this …

[HTML][HTML] Symptoms of mental disorders and oral contraception use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MZ Kraft, P Rojczyk, T Weiss, B Derntl, Z Kikinis… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Worldwide, over 150 million adolescent and adult women use oral contraceptives (OC). An
association between OC-use and the emergence of symptoms of mental disorders has been …

The relative efficacy and efficiency of single-and multi-session exposure therapies for specific phobia: A meta-analysis

K Odgers, KA Kershaw, SH Li, BM Graham - Behaviour Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure therapy is the preferred treatment for specific phobia (SP), with evidence
supporting its efficacy whether delivered over multiple sessions or as a single session, such …

Why does psychotherapy work and for whom? Hormonal answers

S Fischer, S Zilcha-Mano - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The questions of for whom and why psychotherapy is effective have been the focus of five
decades of research. Most of this knowledge is based on self-report measures. Following …

The impact of hormonal contraceptives on anxiety treatments: From preclinical models to clinical settings

BM Graham - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure therapy is a central component of the first-line treatment for anxiety disorders, a
common mental health condition that is twice as prevalent in women relative to men. A key …

Morphologic alterations of the fear circuitry: the role of sex hormones and oral contraceptives

A Brouillard, LM Davignon, AM Turcotte… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Endogenous sex hormones and oral contraceptives (OCs) have been shown to
influence key regions implicated in fear processing. While OC use has been found to impact …

Recognition memory, primacy vs. recency effects, and time perception in the online version of the fear of scream paradigm

A Zlomuzica, F Kullmann, J Hesse, L Plank, E Dere - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Anxiety disorders are characterized by cognitive dysfunctions which contribute to the
patient's profound disabilities. The threat of shock paradigm represents a validated …

Do oral contraceptives modulate the effects of stress induction on one-session exposure efficacy and generalization in women?

F Raeder, CJ Merz, M Tegenthoff, E Dere, OT Wolf… - …, 2023 - Springer
Rationale The administration of glucocorticoids (GC) as an adjunct to exposure represents a
promising strategy to improve one-session exposure outcome in anxiety disorders. It …

Management of PCOS must include assessment and treatment of mental health symptoms

S Alur-Gupta, A Dokras, LG Cooney - Fertility and Sterility, 2024 - Elsevier
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder with reproductive and metabolic
manifestations affecting millions of women worldwide. The health risks associated with …