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Psychological and Physical Interactions During the Climacteric

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Psychological distress experienced by women during mid-life has long been attributed to the menopause. As early as 1848 Morrison attributed various manifestations of psychological disturbance to the experience of the menopause. These manifestations included insanity, depression, intoxication, suicide attempts and the acquisition of a sense of religion. Morrison (1848) argued that these manifestations occurred not only because of the physical concomitants of the cessation of menses but also because of the psychosocial implications of the changes. Similar views are apparent in the current literature.

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Cooke, D.J. (1987). Psychological and Physical Interactions During the Climacteric. In: Karas, E. (eds) Current Issues in Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6778-3_16

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