Weekly Therapy

Recently I delivered a talk to 250 healthcare professionals who work in mental health teams to highlight the role of our hormones in relation to our mental health. As you’ll hear in this clip, we have oestrogen and testosterone receptors all over our bodies and in our brain as well. Each area of the brain plays a role in the way we think, the way we move and the way we act, and so when our hormone levels reduce, many women will experience psychological symptoms too. It’s really important that our hormones are considered when women are struggling with their mental health, so receiving this feedback from the consultant psychiatrist who organised the event is really good to see: “I must say I think we will all consider the menopause much more in our clinical practice after yesterday, I am keen to see if we can get some agreement or guidance around this and how we can potentially advise GP colleagues to consider HRT treatment if they have not done so already. I certainly will be suggesting it in my practice.” Thank you to Kehinde for organising the event with @NottsHealthcare @MedEdNottsHC . Hopefully we will see an improvement in mental health support for perimenopausal and menopausal women as a result.

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The theme for #WorldMenopauseMonth is cognition and mood. On this week’s episode of my podcast, I talk to Dr Clair Crockett about her interest and experience around mood, health and hormones. Listen at balance-menopause.com/menopa… #TheDrLouiseNewsonPodcast