Women are more likely to experience depression in the perimenopause stage than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms, a new study has found.
In the years leading up to menopause, a person can experience a multitude of symptoms, including emotional shifts such as depression. Now, a new study has quantified the risk of depression during the transition, known as perimenopause — showing that women in this stage are about 40% more likely to experience the mental health condition than premenopausal women. “Our findings show just how significantly the mental health of perimenopausal women can suffer during this time,” said Dr.
Monitoring your moods in transition Cultural factors or lifestyle changes have sometimes been used to explain depressive symptoms women experience during the years before menopause, but the combined data from global studies indicate the findings can’t be attributed to those factors alone, said lead study author Yasmeen Badawy, who was a masters student in the division of psychology and language sciences at University College London when she conducted the research.
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