Wendy Marsh

Introduction: Perimenopause confers an increased risk of depression in the general population, yet bipolar disorder mood course remains unknown. Methods: Clinic visits in 519 premenopausal, 116 perimenopausal including 13 women transitionin…

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the mood symptom experience of women with bipolar disorder during the menopausal transition (MT). Yet times of rapid hormonal decline, such as the postpartum, are associated with increased risk of severe mo…

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the reproductive function of women with bipolar disorder (BD) compared to healthy controls. METHODS: Women diagnosed with BD and healthy controls with no psychiatric history, a…

OBJECTIVE: Times of rapid decline in reproductive hormones have been associated with mood episode onset, and the menopausal transition confers an increased risk of depression. Mood state in women with bipolar disorder during the rapid decli…