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219 - Mental health and the perimenopause
Content advisory: this podcast contains themes of mental health and suicide. Joining Dr Louise on the podcast this week are Lynsey and her husband Kieran. In this episode, Lynsey movingly describes a rapid deterioration in her mental health during the perimenopause which saw her sectioned under the Mental Health Act. ‘I just felt desperate that this was a new version of me and I couldn't work out why,’ she recalls. Lynsey and Kieran, who is a GP, speak to Dr Louise about the need for greater understanding of how hormonal changes during the perimenopause and menopause can impact on mental…
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