Healio (9/4, Demko) reports, “Preexisting mood, anxiety and somatoform disorders were linked to an increased risk for bilateral oophorectomy over a 20-year period, even after confirmation of a nonmalignant diagnosis,” researchers concluded after identifying “1,653 cases and 1,653 age-matched controls after reviewing medical records in a population-based records-linkage system,” then calculating “the risk for mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, somatoform disorders, personality disorders, dissociative disorders and adjustment disorders” after adjusting for confounding factors. The findings were published online Aug. 30 in the journal Menopause.
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— “Psychiatric disorders tied to unnecessary oophorectomy, “Savannah Demko, Healio, September 4, 2019