Sex-related differences: do they matter?
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Sex differences in the incidence of psychiatric disorders have been well recognized and documented. It is known that depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders occur more commonly in women.1 Sex-specif-ic syndromes such as post partum depression and pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder have recently been char-acterized as distinct psychiatric disorders. Yet, until the early 1990s, women were often excluded from clinical trials of new psychotropic drugs. Women of child-bear-ing age were generally not included in the testing of new drugs, particularly in the early stages of drug development, because of potential harm to the fetus. In addition, the menstrual cycle was thought to complicate the results of the trials. Since the US Congress mandat-ed the inclusion of women in clinical trials in 1993, reg-
Source: PubMed Central
Author: P Hrdina
Language: English
Topic: Sex and Gender in Healthcare
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2160028994