Estrogene effects in psychiatric disorders

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Content: Contents: Introduction and overview (N. Bergemann, A. Riecher-Roessler) * Estrogens in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: From Physiology to Pathophysiology (H. Vedder, C. Behl) * Estrogens and Schizophrenia (A. Riecher-Roessler) * Gender Differences in Schizophrenia (H. Hafner) * Puberty and Schizophrenia Onset (R. Z. Hayeems, M. V. Seeman) * Clinical Estrogen Trials in Patients with Schizophrenia (J. Kulkarni) * Hypoestrogenism and Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Women suffering from Schizophrenia (N. Bergemann, Ch. Mundt, P. Parzer, B. Runnebaum, F. Resch) * The Effect of Estrogens on Depression (L. S. Kahn, U. Halbreich) * Estrogens and other Hormones in the Treatment of Premenstrual Syndroms (L. Born, M. Steiner) * Estrogens and Perinatal Disorders (A. Gregoire) * Estrogen Therapy in Perimenopausal Affective Disorders (G. Stoppe, M. Doeren) * The Effects of Estrogens on Cognition and Alzheimer's Dementia (T. Edwin, U. Halbreich) * Effects of Hormone Therapy on Patterns of Brain Activation during Cognitive Activity: a Review of Neuroimaging Studies (P. M. Maki, S. M. Resnick) * Estrogens in Alzheimer's Disease: a Clinical and Neurobiological Perspective (P. Schoenknecht, J. Pantel, A. Hunt, M. Henze, T. Strowitzki, J. Schroeder) * Estrogen Therapy: Interface between Gynecology and Psychiatry (K. M.K. Ismail, G. V. Sunanda, P. M. Shaughn O'Brien)