Greek college students and psychopathology: new insights.

Background: College students' mental health problems include depression, anxiety, panic disorders, phobias and obsessive compulsive thoughts.

Aims: To investigate Greek college students' psychopathology.

Methods: During the initial evaluation, 638 college students were assessed through the following psychometric questionnaires: (a) Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ); (b) The Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90); (c) The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); (d) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Circulating androgens are associated with mood disturbances in young postmenopausal women.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the association between circulating androgens and the presence of psychological symptoms in a sample of healthy middle-aged women.

Methods: Psychological and depressive symptoms were evaluated in a total of 207 postmenopausal women, using the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90R) and the Zung Depression Scale, respectively. We investigated the associations between the SCL-90R and Zung Scale scores, and anthropometric, lifestyle parameters, as well as serum levels of androgens.

Determinants of quality of life in Greek middle-age women: a population survey.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate how sociodemographic parameters, lifestyle indicators and intensity of climacteric symptoms affect the quality of life (QOL) of Greek community dwelling middle-aged women.

Study Design: This population survey included 1140 middle-aged women aged 45-65 who represented 1% of the whole female population of this age group in Greece, stratified by residential area.

Main Outcome Measures: Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning sociodemographic and anthropometric parameters, medical history, the Utian quality of life (QOL) scale and the Greene climacteric scale rating menopausal symptoms.

Additive effect of depressed mood and vasomotor symptoms on postmenopausal insomnia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of vasomotor and mood symptoms on insomnia in postmenopausal women.

Methods: One hundred sixty-three postmenopausal women, not receiving hormone therapy, attending a menopause clinic at the University of Athens, Greece, were included in this cross-sectional study. Climacteric symptoms were assessed by Greene's scale, whereas psychological morbidity was measured by Zung Self-Assessment Depression Scale, Symptom Checklist-90-R, and Athens Insomnia Scale.

[A study of irritability in menopausal women].

Despite the fact that irritability is frequently the main presenting complaint of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, studies specifically researching irritability in this population are scant. One hundred sixty three (163) peri- and postmenopausal women non-HT users, attending a menopause clinic, were included in this cross-sectional study. The investigation focused on whether the occurrence of inward and outward irritability in menopause is associated with various menopausal parameters, such as vasomotor symptoms, insomnia, menopausal status, hormone levels, and with the presence of chronic disease.

Quality of life and psychological symptoms in Greek postmenopausal women: association with hormone therapy.

Quality of life (QoL) in menopause is influenced by many parameters, including vasomotor symptoms, psychological status and culture. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of hormone therapy (HT) with QoL and psychological symptoms in Greek postmenopausal women. The study assessed 216 postmenopausal women (mean age 54.