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List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Overview: 1. Summary chapter. The endocrine basis of geriatric psychiatry: an integrative approach John E. Morley; 2. Overview of steroids in the aging brain Loretta M. Flanagan-Cato; Part II. Hormones and Mental Health in the Elderly: 3. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in aging: preclinical and clinical studies John W. Kasckow, Thomas D. Geracioti Jr, Marta Pisarska, Ajit Regmi, Dewleen G. Baker and James J. Mulchahey; 4. The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis Gabriel K. Tsuboyama; 5. Estrogen and depression in aging women Mary F. Morrison and Kathryn Tweedy; 6. The role of testosterone in male depression Stuart N. Seidman and Steven P. Roose; 7. Dehydroepiandrosterone in aging and mental health Owen M. Wolkowitz, Patricia D. Kroboth, Victor I. Reus and Tanya J. Fabian; 8. Sex hormones, cognition and dementia in the elderly Kristine Yaffe; 9. Effects of estrogen on basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and cognition: implications for brain aging and dementia in women Robert B. Gibbs; 10. Gender and schizophrenia Laurie A. Lindamer, M. Jackuelyn Harris, Julie Akiko Gladsjo, Robert Heaton, Jane S.Paulsen, Shelley C. Heaton and Dilip V. Jeste; 11. Sex steroids and anxiety disorders Teresa A. Pigott; 12. Gender and hormonal factors in pain and pain inhibition Wendy F. Sternberg; Part III. Effects of Hormones and Behavior on Immune Function: 13. Estrogens, stress and psychoneuroimmunology in women over the lifespan Mary H. Burleson, Susan Robinson-Whelan, Ronald Glaser and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser; 14. Gender differences in immune function at the cellular level Eva Redei and Suresh G. Shelat; Part IV. Hormones and Gender Differences in Psychotropic Drug Metabolism: 15. Gender differences in psychotropic drug metabolism Bruce G. Pollock; 16. The influence of progesterone on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of gamma-aminobutyric acid-active drugs Patricia D. Kroboth and James W. McAuley; Index.

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