Hadine Joffe

OBJECTIVE: To examine depressive symptoms during postmenopause and the contribution of depressive symptom trajectories before the final menstrual period (FMP) and psychosocial/health factors to postmenopause depressive symptoms. METHODS: Lo…

OBJECTIVE: Risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO) substantially reduces ovarian cancer risk in women with pathogenic gene variants and is generally recommended by age 34-45 years. Natural menopause is a vulnerable period for …

The North American Menopause Society held the 2019 Pre-Meeting Symposium on September 25, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois, to review the current state of the science related to the physiology of the perimenopause and to address management of the…

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether mood symptoms increased more for women in the years after hysterectomy with or without bilateral oophorectomy relative to natural menopause. METHODS: Using data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Natio…

More than 30% of women in the United States have a hysterectomy by the age of 60. A high percentage of hysterectomies (55%-80%) are accompanied by bilateral oophorectomy. Cross-sectional studies have found an association between negative mo…

Treating women with bipolar disorder during the reproductive years requires special consideration because of the reproductive risks associated with specific psychotropic drugs and drug interactions with hormonal contraceptives. Some psychot…