Dr Louise Newson discusses mental health and hormones

Catch up on Dr Louise Newson's Instagram Live about mental health and hormones. You can hear her explain how a woman's sex hormones oestradiol, progesterone and testosterone all work as neurotransmitters in the brain. They affect the way our brains work and function. The incidence of clinical depression increases during the perimenopause and menopause. 280 million women worldwide have clinical depression - 50% more women than men. Taking the right dose and type of HRT can improve mental health symptoms and can also be taken with antidepressants.