Psychiatric symptomatology in climacterium

ABSTRACT

A study of Psychiatric Symptomatology in 20 women in Climacterium is presented. Apart from the vasomotor symptoms they complained of sadness, nervousness, insomnia, headache, irritability and anorexia. None of them had any such complaints before. The menstruation, pregnancies and puerpeure of these women were uneventful. Characteristics of a flush have been documented. The cultural beliefs as reported by the patients concerning the effects of menopause on women's health have been described