The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health Book

Preface: Catherine M. Gordon.

Prologue: From a Fire in the Belly to a Boiling Heart: Fuel for Participatory Research: Karima Hijane Carly Heyman, Maureen Lindenhofen Bell, Mary Beth Busby.

Part I: The Normal Adolescent Menstrual Cycle:.

1. Menstrual Cycle: Basic Biology: Shannon M. Hawkins and Martin M. Matzuk.

2. Pubertal Development and Menarche: Sara Divall and Sally Radovick.

3. Menstruation in Adolescents: What’s Normal, What’s Not: Paula J. Adams Hillard.

4. Psychosocial Development and Puberty: Mary B. Short and Susan L. Rosenthal.

5. The Menstrual Cycle: A Biological Marker of General Health in Adolescents: Vaishali B. Popat, Tamara Prodanov, Karim A. Calis, Lawrence M. Nelson.

6. The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health: Insights on Age at Menarche from the TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health: Susannah H. Barsom, Heather E. Dillaway, Patricia B. Koch, Mona L. Ostrowski, and Phyllis K. Mansfield.

7. Cultural Perceptions and Practices around Menarche and Adolescent Menstruation in the United States: Margaret L. Stubbs.

Part II: Disease Processes and the Adolescent Menstrual Cycle:.

8. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation in the Adolescent: Peter A. Lee and Christopher P. Houk.

9. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: Susan K. Blank, Kristin D. Helm, Christopher R. McCartney, and John C. Marshall.

10. Menstrual Health and the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: Hayla Tfayli and Silva Arslanian.

11. Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Adolescents: Karen Lin-Su, Saroj Nimkarn, and Maria I. New.

12. ReproductiveHealth of Adolescent Girls Who Carry The FMR1 Premutation: Expected Phenotype Based on Current Knowledge of Fragile X-associated Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: John J. De Caro, Celia Dominguez, Stephanie L. Sherman.

13. Galactosemia and Amenorrhea in the Adolescent: Gerard T. Berry.

14. Autoimmune Oophoritis in the Adolescent: Corrine Welt.

15. Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: The Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation: Laurie Cohen.

16. Moving Toward an Understanding of Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adolescent Girls: Looking through the Lens of Turner Syndrome: Marsha L. Davenport.

17. Premature Ovarian Failure in the Adolescent: Bob Rebar.

18. Genetic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Ovarian Failure: Overview of Selected Candidate Genes: Joe Leigh Simpson.

Part III: Bridging Normal and Abnormal Menstrual Cycle Processes:.

19. The Psychology of Antecedents to Adult Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls: Sharon N. Covington, Pedro E. Martinez, Vaishali Popat, Radha Nandagopal, Mary Ryan, Lawrence M. Nelson.

20. The Pathophysiology of Amenorrhea in the Adolescent: Neville H. Golden and Jennifer L. Carlson.

21. Stress-Associated or Functional Amenorrhea in the Adolescent: James H. Liu.

22. Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents: Zeev Harel.

23. The Menstrual Cycle and Bone Health in Adolescents: Barbara A. Cromer.

24. Hormone Replacement Therapy for the Adolescent Patient: Amy D. DiVasta and Catherine M. Gordo.

Part IV: Modern Dilemmas and the Adolescent Menstrual Cycle:.

25. Long-term Skeletal Effects of Eating Disorders with Onset in Adolescence: Madhusmita Misra.

26. Menstrual-Cycle Dysfunction Associated with Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders and their Treatment in Adolescents: Hadine Joffe and Frances J. Hayes.

27. Menstrual Issues in Adolescents with Physical and Developmental Disabilities: Elizabeth Quint.

28. Preservation of Menstrual Function in Adolescent and Young Females: Ozgur Oktem and Kutluk Oktay.

29. Exercised-Induced Amenorrhea and Bone Health in the Adolescent Athlete: Michelle P. Warren and Abigail T. Chua.

30. Eating Disorders and Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents: Ellie Vyver, Cathleen Steinegger, and Debbie Katzman.

31. Adolescent Obesity and Puberty: The “Perfect Storm”: Carolyn Bradner Jasik and Robert H. Lustig.

Part V: Summary and Synthesis:.

32. Research Involving Adolescents as Subjects: Ethical Considerations: Robert J. Levine.

33. Improving Balance in Regulatory Oversight of Research in Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Investigator’s Perspective: Robert L. Rosenfield.

34. Reflections on Future Research in Adolescent Reproductive Health: Catherine M. Gordon, D. Lynn Loriaux, Melvin M. Grumbach, Alan Rogol, and Lawrence M. Nelson.

Epilogue: Passion for Participatory Research on the Menstrual Cycle: Catherine M. Gordon, Karima Hijane, Carly Heyman, Maureen Lindenhofen Bell, Mary Beth Busby, and Lawrence M. Nelson.

Index of Contributors