PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH WINTER WEBINAR

Date: Monday 2 June 2025

Time: 6:00pm through 8:00pm AEST

Cost: $60 inc. GST

Location: online event through Microsoft Teams, link provided upon ticket purchase

Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DAOVS

Webinar Information

Perimenopause is the period of a woman's life where she is at greatest risk for mood changes, depression, anxiety, and suicide. Yet, despite this profound mental health challenge faced by 50% of humans, the psychiatric sequelae of perimenopause remain misunderstood and undertreated. In this workshop, you’ll be provided with:

·        an understanding of the perimenopause - from the nomenclature to the endocrine changes, and the physical and psychological changes

·        an understanding of the psychiatric sequelae of this life transition

·        guidance on assessment for perimenopausal depression, both questions to ask and measures to use

·        a summary of the research on prescribing (both MHT and psychotropic drugs) for perimenopausal mood and anxiety presentations

·        guidance about how to approach perimenopausal mood conditions from a psychological therapy standpoint

This workshop is ideal for all health professionals who work with women aged 35 through 55; especially psychologists, general practitioners and psychiatrists. Join us for an evening of education in women’s health, delivered with humour and a genuine passion to educate and inform.

Speaker Bio

Dr Nadia Boscaglia is Clinical Psychologist and educator who specialises in working with anxiety, eating disorders, and mental health conditions related to women's reproductive hormones, such as perimenopausal depression and PMDD. It is her professional mission to assist women to achieve greater psychological equanimity, personal understanding, and to be at peace with themselves, their eating & their bodies - in both the aesthetic and sexual sense.

With over 20 years’ experience as a Clinical Psychologist, Nadia has dedicated her career to improving women’s mental health. She has conducted research & published papers in areas such as body image during pregnancy, and mood disorders during the course of gynaecological cancers. She also provides training to GPs and mental health professionals about the psychiatric sequelae of perimenopause. Nadia is an AHPRA approved supervisor and has nurtured many clinical psychology registrars through to endorsement. She has also lectured to and supervised 5th, 6th and 7th year clinical psychology trainees at various Australian universities. Nadia’s training is delivered with humour and warmth, and she welcomes health professionals of all disciplines to attend.