Key Points
Sick of suffering in silence, globally women and their doctors are speaking up and demanding access to open conversations and better menopause care...
There have been countless stories of healthcare professionals failing women, for instance through dismissing menopausal symptoms and failing to provide adequate care...
As a society, this anger can be mobilised to demand improved care for menopause and ageing women's health issues, while providing appropriate care for distressing or impactful symptoms as needed...
However, research shows that certain subgroups of women are at risk of mental health issues over menopause and there is more that could be done to support these groups...
Dr Herbert Kupperman and Dr Meyer Blatt were the first to compile a scale to describe and measure "menopausal syndrome", and considered psychological symptoms as central to the experience of menopause based on their observations of women they treated in menopause clinics...
