Claire Warga

Menopause and the Mind

The Complete Guide to Coping with the Cognitive Effects of Perimenopause and Menopause Including: +Memory Loss + Foggy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are you between the ages of 35 and 60 and having trouble remembering your best friend's phone number? If this sounds familiar to you, take heart: Claire Warga's help and advice are on the way. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Warga, a neuropsychologist, identifies the "mind misconnect" syndrome that causes unsettling events during perimenopause and menopause, noting that they are not signs of imminent madness but a natural part of aging. Drawing upon cutting-edge brain research and many never-before-described cases, Warga provides the first scientific explanation for why the symptoms occur and reveals how they can be reversed or alleviated. She provides a self-assessment test to help readers determine whether they are experiencing "mind misconnect" syndrome and offers important information and advice on estrogen replacement therapy as well as non-hormonal treatments that mimic estrogen's mind-boosting effects. Her self-screening test, symptom chart, and treatment measurement technique are important tools every woman can use to assess her condition and progress over time, with or without her ob/gyn.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchstone
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780684854793
• ISBN-10: 0684854791
• Artikelnr.: 21330308

Autorenporträt

Claire Warga, Ph.D., is a New York State -- licensed health psychologist and a researcher in behavioral neuroendocrinology. She trains health and mental health professionals, and women, in midlife research. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
Identifying the Problem
1. What Are These Strange Symptoms I'm Experiencing in the Middle of My
Life?
2. Why the Syndrome Has Been Overlooked for So Long
PART II
What Causes the Syndrome?
3. Why Does WHMS Occur?
4. Estrogen and Alzheimer's Disease Research Evidence
5. Evidence the Symptoms Can Be Reversed
PART III
Do You Have the Syndrome?
6. Who Suffers from Warga's Hormonal Misconnection Syndrome (WHMS)?
7. The Symptoms: Warga's Hormonal Misconnection Syndrome
8. WHMS Screening Instrument and Measuring Tools
PART IV
What to Do If You Have WHMS
9. Doctors, Women, and WHMS Symptoms
10. If You Choose Estrogen and Progesterone to Treat WHMS
11. Non-hormonal Approaches for Working with WHMS
12. Behaviors That Can Boost Your Mind or Brain Power
13. Coping with WHMS
PART V
The Big Picture
14. WHMS Symptoms and Men
15. The Big Picture
Appendix I
Appendix II
Notes
Index