Mood Disorders Across Womens Lifecycle

November 7, 2007 presentation by Ellie Williams for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. Twice as many women as men suffer from depression and mood disorders but only between puberty and menopause. This burden on women in the reproductive years suggests a powerful link between female hormones and brain function. Ellie Williams, MD, associate director of the Center for Neuroscience in Women s Health, discusses this role of hormones in women s mental health. Stanford University Sch