Checkup From the Neck-Up, Episode 28 - Women’s Mental Health, Part Two: Menopause and Beyond

Eighty percent of women have bothersome and often life-disrupting symptoms related to menopause- and surgery-related hormonal changes. These include hot flashes and related sleep disruption, difficulty focusing, anxiety, depression, irritability, sexual difficulties, and others. Dr. Nevena Radonjic, a Reproductive Psychiatrist at SUNY Upstate, discusses diagnosis and treatment options including newly available medications and what women and their physicians, partners, friends and family can do to help. The Upstate Reproductive Psychiatry Clinic is at 315-464-3445.