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Menopause, hormone replacement therapy, mental disorders

Australia, New Zealand

• Australasian Menopause Society
  • Sleep Disturbance and the Menopause
  • Oestrogen and cognition in the perimenopause and menopause
  • Mood and the menopause

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Menopause: Mood, Sleep, and Cognition [2021]

China

• BMC Psychiatry
  • A meta-analysis on the incidence rate of depression in Chinese menopausal women [2025]

Denmark

• BMJ
  • Menopausal hormone therapy and dementia: nationwide, nested case-control study [2023]

• JAMA
  • Dementia in Women Using Estrogen-Only Therapy [2024]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Association of Hormone Therapy With Depression During Menopause in a Cohort of Danish Women [2022]

Europe

• Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved cognition and larger brain volumes in at-risk APOE4 women: results from the European Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease (EPAD) cohort [2023]

Finland

• Neurology
  • Postmenopausal hormone therapy and Alzheimer disease [2017]

High-income countries

• Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of menopause hormone therapy on risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia [2023]

International

• Australasian Psychiatry
  • Does menopause elevate the risk for developing depression and anxiety? Results from a systematic review [2023]

• BMC Psychiatry
  • Prevalence and associated factors of depression in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Global, regional, and national burden of anxiety disorders during the perimenopause (1990-2021) and projections to 2035 [2025]

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Menopausal hormone therapy does not improve some domains of memory: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2025]

• International Menopause Society
  • Brain fog in menopause: a health-care professional's guide for decision-making and counseling on cognition [2022]

• Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease: Current State of Knowledge and Implications for Clinical Use [2024]

• Maturitas
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of progestins on depression in post-menopausal women: An evaluation of randomized clinical studies that used validated questionnaires [2024]

• World Journal of Psychiatry
  • Menopause and cognitive impairment: A narrative review of current knowledge [2021]

Republic of Korea

• Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: health insurance database in South Korea-based retrospective cohort study [2023]

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Age at Menopause and Suicidal Ideation in Menopausal Women: A Study of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data [2022]

Singapore

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive and hormonal factors and risk of cognitive impairment among Singapore Chinese women [2020]

United Kingdom

• BJPsych Bulletin
  • Severe mental illness and the perimenopause [2023]

• BMJ
  • Use of menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: nested case-control studies using QResearch and CPRD databases [2021]

United States

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Interventions to Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia [2017]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Experiences of menopausal transition among populations exposed to chronic psychosocial stress in the United States: a scoping review [2024]

• Menopause
  • Risk of high depressive symptoms after the final menstrual period: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) [2022]

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