The association between hormones and antipsychotic use: a focus on postpartum and menopausal women.

ABSTRACT: During the postpartum and menopausal periods of women's lives, there is a well-established and significant drop of circulating estrogens. This may be the reason why both these periods are associated with an increased risk for onset or exacerbation of psychiatric disorders. Whether symptoms are mainly affective or mainly psychotic, these disorders are frequently treated with antipsychotic medications, which calls for an examination of the relationship between hormone replacement and antipsychotic agents at these time periods. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize what is known about the association of hormones and antipsychotics in the postnatal period and at menopause. In the review, we focus on estrogen and oxytocin hormones and include, for the most part, only papers published

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6610461 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature