The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health, Volume 1136

by Gordon, Catherine M.; Welt, Corrine; Hillard, Paula J. Adams; Matzuk, Martin M.; Rebar, Robert William; Nelson, Lawrence M.

• ISBN13: 9781573317153
• ISBN10: 1573317152
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-21
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume features the results of a meeting held at the National Institutes of Health to advance the goals of having the menstrual cycle accepted and understood as a marker of general health in adolescent girls and defining a related research agenda.Specific topics covered in the volume include: (1) normal processes of the adolescent menstrual cycle, including menarche, the psychology of puberty, and cultural perceptions and practices surrounding menarche; (2) disease processes and the adolescent menstrual cycle, including genetic mechanisms of amenorrhea, Turner syndrome, FMR1 premutation, galactosemia, disorders of sexual differentiation, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, chronic disease, chemotherapy, autoimmune oophoritis, premature ovarian failure, and polycystic ovary syndrome; (3) bridging normal and abnormal processes, including amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, adolescent antecedents to adult reproductive disorders, bone health, and HRT in the adolescent; (4) modern dilemmas and the adolescent menstrual cycle, including developmental delay, obesity, exercise-induced amenorrhea, eating disorders, stress-induced amenorrhea, and amenorrhea induced by medications; (5) the synthesis of the volume consisting of a contribution on the transition to adulthood.NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership/main.asp for more information about becoming a member.

Author Biography

Catherine M. Gordon and Corrine Welt are the authors of The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health, Volume 1136, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue: From a Fire in the Belly to a Boiling

Heart: Fuel for Participatory

Research

The Normal Adolescent Menstrual Cycle

Menstrual Cycle: Basic Biology

Pubertal Development and Menarche

Menstruation in Adolescents: What’s Normal, What’s Not

Psychosocial Development and Puberty

The Menstrual Cycle: A Biological Marker of General Health in Adolescents

The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health: Insights on Age at Menarche from the TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health

Cultural Perceptions and Practices around Menarche and Adolescent Menstruation in the United States

Disease Processes and the Adolescent Menstrual Cycle

Disorders of Sexual Differentiation in the Adolescent

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents

Menstrual Health and the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents

Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Adolescents

Reproductive Health of Adolescent Girls Who Carry The FMR1 Premutation: Expected Phenotype Based on Current Knowledge of Fragile X-associated Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

Galactosemia and Amenorrhea in the Adolescent

Autoimmune Oophoritis in the Adolescent

Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: The Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation

Moving Toward an Understanding of Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adolescent Girls: Looking through the Lens of Turner Syndrome

Premature Ovarian Failure in the Adolescent

Genetic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Ovarian Failure: Overview of Selected Candidate Genes

Bridging Normal and Abnormal Menstrual Cycle Processes

The Psychology of Antecedents to Adult Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls

The Pathophysiology of Amenorrhea in the Adolescent

Stress-Associated or Functional Amenorrhea in the Adolescent

Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents

The Menstrual Cycle and Bone Health in Adolescents

Hormone Replacement Therapy for the Adolescent Patient

Modern Dilemmas and the Adolescent Menstrual Cycle

Long-term Skeletal Effects of Eating Disorders with Onset in Adolescence

Menstrual-Cycle Dysfunction Associated with Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders and their Treatment in Adolescents

Menstrual Issues in Adolescents with Physical and Developmental Disabilities

Preservation of Menstrual Function in Adolescent and Young Females

Exercised-Induced Amenorrhea and Bone Health in the Adolescent Athlete

Eating Disorders and Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents

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