It is encouraging to see a team at Ontario Health dedicated now to developing care standards for it. What is still lagging is our awareness of menopause as a factor in both mental health and addiction. Research is growing in this area. Below are a few recent journal articles.
Menopause depression: Under recognised and poorly treated - Jayashri Kulkarni, Caroline Gurvich, Eveline Mu, Grace Molloy, Sonya Lovell, Ginni Mansberg, Shelly Horton, Erin Morton, Talat Uppal, Ceri Cashell, Anthony de Castella, Dan Reisel, Linda Dear, Naomi Weatherburn-Reeves, Katie Harris, Kerry Pietrobon, Kelly Teagle, Bo Youn Kim, Louise Newson, Cassandra Szoeke, 2024
Menopause-associated psychosis: A case report and literature review - ScienceDirect
“I was just a shell”: Mental health concerns for women in perimenopause and menopause - O'Reilly - 2024 - International Journal of Mental Health Nursing - Wiley Online Library
Key Findings from Mental Health Research During the Menopause Transition for Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Women Living in the United States: A Scoping Review | Journal of Women's Health
Menopause and Risk-Taking Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional, Online Survey | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core
Is it time to consider menopause the same way we consider adolescence? As a very vulnerable period and a nexus for mental health and addiction concerns?
