HFM Does menopause place Women at higher risk for a clinical diagnosis of depression

Does menopause place women at higher risk
for a clinical diagnosis of depression?

Yes. In a study by Dr. Hadine Joffe and associates from Massachusetts General Hospital, depression scores from 363 women between 40 and 60 years of age who attended a primary care clinic showed that perimenopausal women were twice as likely to have significant depressive symptoms than middle-aged premenopausal women. Hot flashes were also positively correlated with elevated depression scores.

Source: Bowden CL: Depression: Combination therapies; use of anti-Parkinsonion drugs; effect of menopause; risk of suicide. Next Day Summaries from the 1999 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, ©1999.

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Does menopause place women at higher risk for a clinical diagnosis of depression?

Does menopause place women at higher risk
for a clinical diagnosis of depression?