Sex Hormones and Mental Disorders
Fatma İrem Kahramanoğlu1, Ebru Yılmaz1, Oytun Erbaş1,2
1ERBAS Institute of Experimental Medicine, Illinois, USA & Gebze, Turkey
2Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty of Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
Keywords: Brain functions, hormonal contraceptives, menstrual cycle, mental disorders, mood, oral contraceptives
Abstract
Mental illnesses are widespread, disabling illnesses that cause people to lose years of their lives. Furthermore, there are noticeable differences in occurrence and prognosis between male and female persons in many mental diseases, which appear to be related to sex hormones and hormonal contraceptives. This review focused on hormonal contraceptives and mental disorders, and then the relationship between them. Also reviewed were the effects of the menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives on mood.
Cite this article as: İrem Kahramanoğlu F, Yılmaz E, Erbaş O. Sex Hormones and Mental Disorders. JEB Med Sci 2021;2(2):188-198.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.