Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Menstruation-related psychosis

1Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India

2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India

*Correspondence Dr. Binita Talukdar, Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur-784001, Assam, India. bini.talukdar@gmail.com

Online published on 16 January, 2019.

Abstract

Menstrual cycle and women mental health is related to each other. It is because of the endocrinological changes in women during her menstruation period. Psychosis in women during her menstruation is one of the serious mental health issues. Many a time, it is unnoticed by clinician. Here we are presenting a case of menstruation-related psychosis. To conclude, this type of cases help us to not only find the endocrinologial importance in women mental health but also in prevention and management of such cases.

Keywords

Endocrinology, Women, Mental Health