FFP 588 | The Menstrual Cycle: An Overlooked Vital Sign in Psychiatry? | Dr. Katie Marwick
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Psychiatrist Dr. Katie Marwick joins Lisa to discuss the overlooked role of the menstrual cycle in psychiatry. Together, they explore why cyclical hormone changes can exacerbate symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions — and how acknowledging the menstrual cycle as a vital sign could transform mental health care for women.
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| 0:47.5 | Today we're getting into a really interesting topic. |
| 0:53.3 | We're getting into the topic of the menstrual cycle as a vital sign in psychiatry. |
| 0:56.3 | And so as some of you may know, several months ago, I shared a podcast episode based on a research paper that I came across. And the title of the |
| 1:04.4 | research paper is the menstrual cycle and overlooked vital sign in psychiatry. And so I went through that paper, and what was really interesting was that the researcher who was |
| 1:16.9 | sharing this information was making this connection and really asking why we are not looking |
| 1:21.9 | at the menstrual cycle. |
| 1:23.2 | When we look at specific conditions, there is actually a common cycle of exacerbation of symptoms |
| 1:31.1 | related to where the patient is in their menstrual cycle. |
| 1:35.1 | And those conditions range from oppression, anxiety, and also including PMDD and other known |
| 1:43.4 | kind of cyclical issues. But I think what was interesting about that paper wasn't just PMDD and other known kind of cyclical issues. |
| 1:44.5 | But I think what was interesting about that paper wasn't just PMDD. |
| 1:48.2 | It was across the board. |
| 1:50.3 | And there were many other conditions that seemed to have this association with the menstrual cycle |
| 1:57.0 | where if somebody's condition really worsened and they were hospitalized, |
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