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Article: Cognitive behavior therapy helps resolve condition in amenorrheic women.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- December 18, 2003
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2003 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cognitive behavior therapy can help women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea regain ovarian function, study results indicate.
Many women failing to ovulate suffer from functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, a disorder characterized by the failure to menstruate and caused by the aberrant activity of several hormones that usually work in concert. The disorder is related to metabolic imbalances and stress and is accompanied by characteristic attitudes, such as perfectionism, a high need for social approval, and altered attitudes toward eating. Researchers wanted to determine whether cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) ...