Mental health difficulties during perimenopause and menopause are so widespread that some researchers have proposed a new term to describe them: ‘menopause distress’. The symptoms are described as significant and persistent, yet different enough to other depressive diagnoses to warrant their own label.
Menopause is a natural cycle women enter in their 40s or 50s, in which the menstrual cycle stops. The process stays for a whole year and can differ for every woman. Menopause can even last up to 4 years. But when this...