Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders

Prelim. Contents: Introduction (Niels Bergemann and Anita Riecher-Rössler) • Estrogens in neuropsychiatric disorders - from physiology to pathophysiology (Helmut Vedder and Christian Behl) • Estrogens effects in schizophrenia - update and potential therapeutic implications (Anita Riecher-Rössler) • Gender differences in schizophrenia (Heinz Häfner) • Puberty and schizophrenia onset (Robin Z. Cohen and Mary V. Seeman) • Clinical estrogen trials in patients with schizophrenia (Jayashri Kulkarni) • Estrogen as an adjunct therapie in schizophrenic women (Niels Bergemann, Christoph Mundt, Peter Parzer, and Franz Resch) • Estrogen´s effect on depression (Linda Kahn and Uriel Halbreich) • Estrogens and other hormones in the treatment of premenstrual syndroms (Leslie Born and Meier Steiner) • Estrogens and perinatal disorders (Alan Gregoire) • Estrogen therapy in perimenopausal affective disorders (Gisela Stoppe and Martina Dören) • The effects of estrogens on cognition and Alzheimer´s dementia (Tony Edwin and Uriel Halbreich) • Effects of hormone therapy on patterns of brain activation during cognitice activity: a review of neuroimmaging studies (Pauline M. Maki and Susan M. Resnick) • Estrogens in Alzheimer´s disease: a clinical and neurobiological perspective (Peter Schönknecht, Johannes Pantel, Aoife Hunt, Marcus Henze, Thomas Strowitzki and Johannes Schröder) • Estrogen therapy: interface between gynecology and psychiatry (Khaled M.K. Ismail, G. V. Sunanda and P. M. Shaughn O'Brien)