Menopause: A Biopsychosocial Transition With Implications for Well-Being

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Recorded On: 05/30/2025

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Description

Dr. Christina Metcalf and Dr. Nanette Santoro will cover essential aspects of menopause, focusing on its stages, symptoms, and the best practices for both short- and long-term management strategies. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of perimenopause and the menopause transition and their impacts on health and mental health, with a special focus on psychosocial interventions and shared decision-making. Drs. Metcalf and Santoro will prepare clinicians to implement effective strategies to help their patients manage menopausal symptoms. Participants will gain practical knowledge to help support women during this important phase of life.

Continuing Education Information

2 CE Credits, Instructional Level: Intermediate

2 Contact Hours (New York Board of Psychology)

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain the chronology of the menopause transition, its key symptoms, and key terms.
  2. Describe the relationship between the symptoms and stages of menopause, the future likelihood of health issues and disease, and evidence-informed interventions.
  3. Apply components of short- and long-term management strategies and using shared decision making and evidence-based sources of information to improve health and well-being in women experiencing menopause.

Disclosures for Dr. Metcalf: No conflicts of interest to disclose. Generative AI was not used in the development or content of this presentation.

Disclosures for Dr. Santoro: Active Non-Disclosures; Astellas Pharma, Member of Scientific Advisory Board & Medical Affairs Steering Committee; Ansh Labs, Scientific Consultant; Novo Nordisk, Consulting Services Agreement; Bayer Consumer Care AG, Consulting Services Agreement; and Perrigo/Laboratoire HRA PHARMA, Consulting Services Agreement. Generative AI was not used in the development or content of this presentation.

Certification Information

Each course in the Women's Health Across the Lifespan series is worth 1 elective point toward our Women's Health Across the Lifespan certification, which can be earned after completing all 18 courses in the series. The certification is not offered for any additional CEs*, but is offered as a certificate of completion for the series. *Individual courses can be taken to earn CE (see "continuing education information" on each course page).

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Christina Metcalf, PhD

Christina Metcalf, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Colorado Center for Women’s Behavioral Health and Wellness, Department of Psychiatry within the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She centers her research and clinical work on understanding and ameliorating mental health concerns during the menopause transition. Dr. Metcalf’s research has contributed to increased awareness of the individual risk factors that may amplify menopause-related cognitive concerns and depression symptoms with the goal of improving brain health during this transition.

Nanette Santoro, MD

Nanette Santoro, MD, is the E Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she has served for 14 years. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1989 for research in female reproduction. Her work has covered the processes of the pubertal and menopausal transition, as well as clinical trials in reproduction and menopause. She has headed studies of women with premature and age-appropriate menopause such as the Women’s Health Initiative and the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), and the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Dr. Santoro has held numerous leadership positions in local and national organizations. She is immediate Past President of the Society for Reproductive Investigation. In 2018, Dr. Santoro was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

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