“Hormonal” isn’t a diagnosis: Why women’s midlife mental health keeps getting missed

Key points

• Dr Fatima Khan says medicine is still too quick to dismiss the link between hormones and women's mental health. Speaking at the Women's Health and Wellbeing Summit, she said calling a woman hormonal dismisses her concerns.
• She said women with perimenopause symptoms are often misdiagnosed because the signs are easy to miss.
• Khan said pharmacy staff trained in menopause support have grown more confident, and she called for the same confidence among GPs and pharmacists.