Panic Symptoms Are More Predictive Than Depressive Symptoms of Later Vasomotor Symptoms in Women of Menopausal Age

Poster Session II

Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: Women of menopausal age experience various psychological and physical symptoms, including vasomotor symptoms of hot flashes. This study assesses the relationship between baseline mental disorder diagnoses and later hot flashes severity. As hypothesized, panic attack, not depression or anxiety, were significantly associated with hot flashes.

• Yiqing Fan (Presenting Author)
• Alice Cohen (Author)
• Evelyn Behar (Author)
• Kathleen Gunthert (Author)