Menopause, a pivotal period in women's lives, is always presented as a biological and emotional tsunami.
The picture is apocalyptic: women are predicted to experience hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, but also anxiety and depression...
However, contrary to popular belief, most of them do not develop mental disorders during this period.
This is the rather reassuring conclusion of an analysis of studies on the subject carried out by a group of international gynecologists and published in the medical journal
The Lancet
.
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If you have never suffered from major depression before, it is very unlikely that you will have a first episode of clinical depression during the menopause transition,”
explains Dr. Hadine Joffe, co-author of the study, in a statement.
“Konenki”
The image of menopausal women, anxious and depressed, is particularly the consequence of our very negative perception of advancing age in our Western societies.
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