Depression and hostility in hyperprolactinemia

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Abstract

1.
Patients with hyperprolactinemia offer a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of prolactin on psychological states. Women with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea rated themselves significantly more hostile, more depressed and more anxious than women with amenorrhea only and normal women.
2.
The hyperprolactinemic patients were compared with a group of post-partum (7th day) women, matched for sociodemographic variables and prolactin levels. The post-partum women showed significantly less depression and anxiety than those with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea but about the same levels of hostility.
3.
Hyperprolactinemic males did not rate themselves more hostile and depressed than matched controls.

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