So you’ve hit perimenopause, the transition from your reproductive years into menopause. This happens to most women in their 40s when hormone levels begin to decrease. It’s normal for perimenopause to ...

The transition years before menopause can bring about a whirlwind of different symptoms including changes physically, emotionally and mentally. So, it’s not surprising that perimenopause depression ...

Perimenopause is the approximately 10-year period when a woman’s hormone levels begin fluctuating before menstruation stops entirely. A new study found that perimenopausal women had a 40 percent ...

As I was taking a psychosocial medical history of a 43-year-old woman, I asked, “What is your problem?” “I can’t sleep at night, I can’t seem to remember anything, my muscles hurt, and I feel as if I ...

For years, menopause and depression have been closely linked. But a new paper in the Lancet disputes the commonly held notion that menopause consistently raises the risk for mental health problems.

A new meta-analysis finds that depression risk varies across menopausal stages, with perimenopause being the only stage with an elevated risk for depression. This study was a meta-analysis of eight ...

Although depression is common during a woman's transition to menopause, understanding who is at-risk of experiencing major depressive disorder (MDD) during this period of hormonal fluctuation were ...

Dr. Laura Petrillo answers the question: 'Menopause And Risk Of Depression?' — -- Question: Can menopause increase my risk of developing depression? Answer: Most women do not develop depression ...

It's a common belief that as women enter the menopausal years, it's “normal” to feel depressed. However, this is a myth. Depression at any age is not normal and is always cause for concern. Depression ...

May 7, 2004 (New York) — As women transition through perimenopause, their risk of depression triples, even if they have no prior history of major depressive disorder, according to findings presented ...