May 2024 Spotlights Mental Health. Mental Health Month is held in the United States in May and Mental Health Awareness Week is held 13-19 May in the United Kingdom.
Mental Health Month
What is the (United States) Mental Health Month?
In Mental Health Month the Mental Health America explain:
“The world is constantly changing – for better or for worse – and it can be overwhelming to deal with everything going on around you. While society is getting more comfortable discussing mental health, it can still be hard to know “Where to Start” when it comes to taking care of your own well-being.
This May, Mental Health America will help you:
- LEARN how modern life affects mental health with new resources to navigate our changing world.
- ACT by building your coping toolbox so you can manage stress, difficult emotions, and challenging situations.
- ADVOCATE to improve mental health for yourself, your friends and family, and your community.
For anyone struggling with the pressure of today’s world, feeling alone, or wondering if they can feel better, this is Where to Start”.
Mental Health Awareness Week
What is the (United Kingdom) Mental Health Awareness Week?
In Mental Health Awareness Week the [United Kingdom] Mental Health Foundation explain:
“Focusing on anxiety for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. At the same time, we will keep up the pressure to demand change – making sure that improving mental health is a key priority for the government and society as a whole”.Menopause and Mental Health
Is there an association between menopause and mental health?
In Promoting Good Mental Health Over the Menopause Transition: Introduction – Key Messages published in the Lancet 25 March 2024, the authors include:
- “…Risk factors for depressive symptoms at this time include severe and prolonged vasomotor symptoms, chronic sleep disturbance, and stressful life events, and women with previous depressive disorder might be at increased risk of recurrence of a new depressive episode during the menopause transition
- The menopause transition often coincides with important life stressors, health conditions, and role transitions that increase vulnerability to depression…”.
Health Care Provider
What if I feel more out-of-sorts than usual?
If you feel more anxious, more depressed, more stressed or more out-of-sorts than usual, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this.
In Menopause and Mental Health: Untangling Physical and Mental Health Symptoms Related To Menopause the Australasian Menopause Society elaborate on:
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- Anxiety
- Anxiety Self-Help Guide
Anxiety vs. Depression: Which Do I Have (or Is It Both)?- BMS TV: Menopause Explained
- Depression in Women: 4 Things To Know
- Everything You Need To Know About Menopausal Brain Fog but Are Afraid To Ask — and No, ‘You’re Not Losing Your Mind’
- Find A Menopause Practitioner [United States and Other]
- Find An AMS Doctor [Australasian Menopause Society i.e. Australia and New Zealand]
- Find Your Nearest BMS Menopause Specialist [British Menopause Society]
- How To Talk To Your Doctor About Midlife Brain Fog
- Iapmd.org [International Association for Premenstrual Disorders]
- Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Menopause and Your Mental Wellbeing [+ Video: Menopause Only Affects You Physically!] [Other Languages and Formats]
- Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Supporting Someone Through the Menopause [+ Video: Men Don’t Need To Know About Menopause] [Other Languages and Formats]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Perimenopause and Menopause [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Prescribing Nature for Mental, Physical Health [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Mindfulness and Mental Health
- Menopause
- Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Questions for Your Health Care Provider
- Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Symptom Tracker
Menopause Patient Information [Videos] 2. Talking To Your GP About Menopause- Menopause Preparedness Toolkit: A Woman’s Empowerment Guide
- Menopause and Mental Health
- Menopause and Your Mental Wellbeing
- Menopause: Understanding the Changes and Finding Relief | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 256
- Mental Health and Menopause: There Are Connections and Solutions
- Mental Health: Mental Health Self Help Guides
- Mood Changes During Perimenopause Are Real. Here’s What to Know.
- Mood and the Menopause
- Navigating Menopause: Honest Answers To All Your Questions [+ Video: What To Expect in Menopause]
- Perimenopause and Menopause Checklist: Translated Checklists
- Perimenopause and Menopause Symptom Checklist
- Promoting Good Mental Health Over the Menopause Transition
- Self-Help Tool: Menopause and Mental Wellbeing
- Taking Control of Your Mental Health: Tips for Talking With Your Health Care Provider
- The Lancet: Series From the Lancet Journals – Menopause 2024
- The Risk of Depression In the Menopausal Stages: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
- Top Tips To Improve Your Mental Wellbeing
- Video Series-2024: Preparing for Your Menopause Health Care Visit
- Webinars: Previous – Non-Pharmacological Interventions For VMS
- Women and Mental Health
