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Mental health and the menopause transition

Menopause webinar

Hot topic webinar for health professionals

Join renowned experts Professor Rodney Baber AM and Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM along with host and Jean Hailes GP Dr Tessa King as they discuss the impacts of menopause on mental health. This webinar will cover:

  • a discussion of common midlife presentations
  • brain changes during the menopause transition, including brain fog, depression, anxiety
  • management of mental health symptoms during the menopause transition including the use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT)
  • case studies
  • question time.

The webinar will be suitable for all health professionals (including but not limited to GPs, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists and pharmacists). Please send in your questions when you register so we can tailor the content accordingly.

Laptop learning

Registration is free

Register here

Presenters

Professor Rodney Baber AM
B Pharm. MB BS FRCOG FRANZCOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Sydney
Past President IMS
Editor in Chief, Climacteric
Associate Editor ANZJOG

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM
MBBS MPM FRANZCP PhD FAHMS
Director HER Centre Australia
Director Monash Alfred Psychiatry research Centre (MAPrc)
Head Central Clinical School Department of Psychiatry

Host

Dr Tessa King
BA, MBBS, FRACGP
Women's Health General Practitioner (GP)
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Learning objectives

By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • recognise common symptoms such as brain fog, anxiety and depression that affect many women during the menopause transition
  • understand that mental health and cognitive symptoms may be present without vasomotor symptoms during the menopause transition
  • understand the impacts of hormones on the brain during the menopause transition
  • evaluate the benefits and risks of menopausal hormonal therapy (MHT) for the management of mental health symptoms during the menopause transition.
RACGP CPD CPD Activity logo 3 point

Course accreditation

This webinar is activity number 374284. It is accredited with RACGP with 3 CPD points.

NOTE: This CPD activity does not count towards GP's RANZCOG accreditation.