Why is depression more common among women than among men?

C Kuehner - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2017 - thelancet.com
Women are about twice as likely as are men to develop depression during their lifetime. This
Series paper summarises evidence regarding the epidemiology on gender differences in …

Stress, sex hormones, inflammation, and major depressive disorder: Extending Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression to account for sex differences in …

GM Slavich, J Sacher - Psychopharmacology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression is a biologically plausible, multi-
level theory that describes neural, physiologic, molecular, and genomic mechanisms that …

Soy and health update: evaluation of the clinical and epidemiologic literature

M Messina - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Soyfoods have long been recognized as sources of high-quality protein and healthful fat, but
over the past 25 years these foods have been rigorously investigated for their role in chronic …

Sex differences and stress across the lifespan

TL Bale, CN Epperson - Nature neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Sex differences in stress responses can be found at all stages of life and are related to both
the organizational and activational effects of gonadal hormones and to genes on the sex …

Menopausal symptoms and their management

N Santoro, CN Epperson… - … and Metabolism Clinics, 2015 - endo.theclinics.com
The menopause transition is experienced by 1.5 million women each year and often
involves troublesome symptoms, including vasomotor symptoms, vaginal dryness …

[HTML][HTML] Age and gender effects on the prevalence of poor sleep quality in the adult population

JJ Madrid-Valero, JM Martínez-Selva… - Gaceta …, 2017 - SciELO Public Health
Objective: Sleep quality has a significant impact on health and quality of life and is affected,
among other factors, by age and sex. However, the prevalence of problems in this area in …

Sex hormones affect neurotransmitters and shape the adult female brain during hormonal transition periods

C Barth, A Villringer, J Sacher - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Sex hormones have been implicated in neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis, dendritic
branching, myelination and other important mechanisms of neural plasticity. Here we review …

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 clinical guidelines for the management of adults with major depressive disorder: section 6 …

GM MacQueen, BN Frey, Z Ismail… - The Canadian …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
conducted a revision of the 2009 guidelines by updating the evidence and …

Postmenopausal hormone therapy: an Endocrine Society scientific statement

RJ Santen, DC Allred, SP Ardoin… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Our objective was to provide a scholarly review of the published literature on
menopausal hormonal therapy (MHT), make scientifically valid assessments of the available …

Cognition and mood in perimenopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MT Weber, PM Maki, MP McDermott - The Journal of steroid biochemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective It is suggested that declines in estrogen around menopause are associated with
declines in cognitive functioning as well as increased risk of depressive symptoms and …