Our Reviews

Affective Hormone Sensitivity in a Hierarchical Psychopathology Framework

Eisenlohr-Moul, T., & Owens, S.* (2016). Hormones and Personality: A Review of Experimental and Longitudinal Evidence. In Shakelford (Ed), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_762-1

Affective Hormone Sensitivity in the RDoC Framework

Owens, S. A., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. (2018). Suicide risk and the menstrual cycle: a review of candidate RDoC mechanisms. Current psychiatry reports, 20, 1-11.

Review of Premenstrual Disorders for Clinical Psychologists

Eisenlohr-Moul, T. (2019). Premenstrual Disorders: A primer and research agenda for psychologists. The Clinical Psychologist. Spring 2019. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tw4bd

Review of Estrogen and Progestogen Clinical Trials in Cyclical Brain Disorders (PMDs, CE, MM)

Barone, J. C., Butler, M. P., Patterson, A., Ross, A.*, Wagner-Schuman, M., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A. (in press). A scoping review of hormonal clinical trials in menstrual cycle-related brain disorders: Studies in premenstrual mood disorder, menstrual migraine, and catamenial epilepsy. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology.

Our Clinical Practice Guidelines

GnRHa + stable E2+P4 addback should be routinelly prescribed for patients with treatment-resistant PMDD who meet medical eligibility criteria.

Wagner-Schuman, M., Barone, J., … Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A. (In Press). What’s Stopping Us? Using GnRH Agonists with Stable Hormone Addback in Treatment-Resistant Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Practical Guidelines and Risk/Benefit Analysis for Long-Term Therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Repeated Measures are Needed to Study the Cycle Rigorously

Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A. (2021). Commentary on Joyce et al.: Studying menstrual cycle effects on behavior requires within-person designs and attention to individual differences in hormone sensitivity. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 116(10), 2759-2760.
Di Florio, A., Apsey, C., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. (in press). Etiologic studies of premenstrual disorders require prospective confirmation of affective cyclicity. JAMA Psychiatry.
Owens, S. A., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A. (2021). Understanding menstrual cycle effects on suicide will require prospective studies of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in premenstrual disorders. BMC medicine, 19(1), 135.

Evolutionary Models of Cycle Effects Need Careful Consideration

Kiesner, J., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., & Mendle, J. (2020). Evolution, the menstrual cycle, and theoretical overreach. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 1113-1130.