The Society for Women’s Health Research reports on the effect of hormonal changes on mood, such as those experienced in perimenopause symptoms. The Societey hopes to raise an interest in further investigating the links between hormonal changes and their affect on mood, which can go as far as causing depression.
Women should become more aware of the changes that take place during their life and the effects on their mental and physical health: the onset of puberty, the monthly cycles, pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause being some of those milestones.
The panelists noted that while it is natural for women to experience changes in their feelings and mood during life cycle transitions, hormonal fluctuations in some women may trigger mild to severe mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, particularly during pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause. The report notes that postpartum depression affects 10-15 percent of women any time from a month to a year after childbirth and its cause remains unknown. Researchers suspect that the dramatic shifts in hormone levels during pregnancy and immediately afterward may result in chemical changes in the brain leading to postpartum depression. Similarly, perimenopause transitions in women may also increase risk of depression, and subsequently could lead to cardiovascular mortality. Taken from PR Newswire.
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Full report on the Society for Women’s Health Research website www.womenshealthresearch.org.
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