ArticleThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2024
Menopause depression: Under recognised and poorly treated.
Article in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The efficacy of antidepressant medication versus interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in middle-aged women: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Pooled it
- FIGO best practice recommendations for the mental health of women at menopausal age.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Guideline
- ADHD and Sex Hormones in Females: A Systematic Review.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of acupuncture on menopausal depressive disorder and serum hormone levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Autism, menstruation and mental health- a scoping review and a call to action.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Menopausal Suicidality and Fragmented Care: A Qualitative Study of Carer and Clinician Perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Osteocalcin is a compensatory hormone to protect the nervous system in ovariectomized mice.npj aging · 2026Article
- The system wasn't built for her: an integrative review of women's experiences in psychiatric and forensic units.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Estrogenic Effect of Probiotics on Anxiety and Depression: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Latent profile analysis of symptoms of depression and anxiety among perimenopausal women and their predictors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Using estrogen and progesterone to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postnatal depression and menopausal depression.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Integrative natural health solutions for midlife women.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- The intersection between menopause and depression: overview of research using animal models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
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Abstract
Menopause is a biological process experienced by all people assigned female at birth. A significant number of women experience mental ill health related to the major brain gonadal hormone shifts that occur in their midlife. There is poor understanding and management of the complex mental ill health issues, with the biological brain hormone changes receiving little formal attention. The current treatment advice is to manage this special type of mental ill health in the same way that all mental ill health is managed. This leads to poor outcomes for women and their families. Many women leave the workforce earlier than expected due to menopause-related depression and anxiety, with subsequent loss of salary and superannuation. Others describe being unable to adequately parent or maintain meaningful relationships - all ending in a poor quality of life. We are a large and diverse group of national and international clinicians, lived experience and social community advocates, all working together to innovate the current approaches available for women with menopausal mental ill health. Above all, true innovation is only possible when the woman with lived experience of menopause is front and centre of this debate.
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