4M: Menarche Menstruation Menopause and Mental Health Consortium
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Facilitating research at the intersection of menstrual and mental health www.4mhealth.uk
📢 In our latest blog, we discuss why early or premature menopause matters, what factors contribute to it, and why we need more research around it.
🔗 Read more- 4mhealth.uk/2025/06/07/i...
✍🏽 Written by Dr. Sampurna Kundu, 4M team member
#womenshealth #menopauseawareness #earlymenopause
🔗 Read more- 4mhealth.uk/2025/06/07/i...
✍🏽 Written by Dr. Sampurna Kundu, 4M team member
#womenshealth #menopauseawareness #earlymenopause
Is Early or Premature Menopause a rising concern globally?
Hi, I’m Dr Sampurna Kundu, and I recently started a post-doc working with Dr Gemma Sharp in the MenstruLife project. As part of my role, I’m helping to run 4M with various activities. I’ve written …
4mhealth.uk
June 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢 In our latest blog, we discuss why early or premature menopause matters, what factors contribute to it, and why we need more research around it.
🔗 Read more- 4mhealth.uk/2025/06/07/i...
✍🏽 Written by Dr. Sampurna Kundu, 4M team member
#womenshealth #menopauseawareness #earlymenopause
🔗 Read more- 4mhealth.uk/2025/06/07/i...
✍🏽 Written by Dr. Sampurna Kundu, 4M team member
#womenshealth #menopauseawareness #earlymenopause
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Our study is in the news: Heavy and painful periods are linked to missing school and lower GCSE results - something that anyone who menstruates could probably already tell you, but that is largely not discussed or ignored.
Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work
Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work
Heavy periods affect school attendance and exam scores, study in England finds
Heavy periods affect school attendance and exam scores, study in England finds
Charities say more should be done to support girls who experience prolonged bleeding and severe menstrual pain
Heavy, prolonged periods and severe menstrual pain are linked with lower school attendance and poorer GCSE scores, according to new research.
The England-based study found that more than a third of girls (36%) who participated experienced heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, which was associated with missing an additional 1.7 days of school every year. Continue reading...
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May 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Our study is in the news: Heavy and painful periods are linked to missing school and lower GCSE results - something that anyone who menstruates could probably already tell you, but that is largely not discussed or ignored.
Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work
Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work
💡Premenstrual Disorders Awareness Month – April 2025
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) affect millions, yet remain under-discussed and often misunderstood.
📰 Read our latest blog written by Chloe Apsey, to understand more and help us raise awareness: 4mhealth.uk/2025/04/24/p...
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) affect millions, yet remain under-discussed and often misunderstood.
📰 Read our latest blog written by Chloe Apsey, to understand more and help us raise awareness: 4mhealth.uk/2025/04/24/p...
Premenstrual Disorders Awareness Month
April is Premenstrual Disorders Awareness Month, a month dedicated to starting conversations and build advocacy for disorders such as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). What is PMDD? PMDD is a…
4mhealth.uk
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
💡Premenstrual Disorders Awareness Month – April 2025
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) affect millions, yet remain under-discussed and often misunderstood.
📰 Read our latest blog written by Chloe Apsey, to understand more and help us raise awareness: 4mhealth.uk/2025/04/24/p...
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) affect millions, yet remain under-discussed and often misunderstood.
📰 Read our latest blog written by Chloe Apsey, to understand more and help us raise awareness: 4mhealth.uk/2025/04/24/p...
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Okay and one final thing. The research highlighted a need for more qualitative research looking at experiences of eating disorders and menstruation, I really don't want to do that study myself as it's too triggering lol (at least not on my own) so genuinely pls lmk if you want to look into this!
March 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Okay and one final thing. The research highlighted a need for more qualitative research looking at experiences of eating disorders and menstruation, I really don't want to do that study myself as it's too triggering lol (at least not on my own) so genuinely pls lmk if you want to look into this!
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New preprint article published (still going through revisions)
The article presents a subgroup analysis from my research on experiences of menstruation in psychiatric hospitals. This study looked at the experiences specific to eating disorder treatment
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
The article presents a subgroup analysis from my research on experiences of menstruation in psychiatric hospitals. This study looked at the experiences specific to eating disorder treatment
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
Experiences of menstrual health and amenorrhoea in eating disorder inpatient units in England: a subgroup analysis from a lived experience led, qualitative study
Background Although no longer specified within the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, the prevalence of menstrual disturbances among patients with eating disorders is well-documented. However, ...
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March 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
New preprint article published (still going through revisions)
The article presents a subgroup analysis from my research on experiences of menstruation in psychiatric hospitals. This study looked at the experiences specific to eating disorder treatment
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
The article presents a subgroup analysis from my research on experiences of menstruation in psychiatric hospitals. This study looked at the experiences specific to eating disorder treatment
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
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🚨Job Alert!🚨
We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.
🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch
We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.
🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch
ED12537 Research Associate in Paediatric Pain (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
www.bath.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨Job Alert!🚨
We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.
🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch
We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.
🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch
Our first speaker of 2025, Prof Jane M. Ussher from Women’s Health Psychology at Western Sydney University, Australia, delivered her talk on “The Madness of Women: Myth and Experience”
Here are some glimpses from the thought provoking seminar session!
#womenshealth #4mconsortium #4mseminarseries
Here are some glimpses from the thought provoking seminar session!
#womenshealth #4mconsortium #4mseminarseries
March 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our first speaker of 2025, Prof Jane M. Ussher from Women’s Health Psychology at Western Sydney University, Australia, delivered her talk on “The Madness of Women: Myth and Experience”
Here are some glimpses from the thought provoking seminar session!
#womenshealth #4mconsortium #4mseminarseries
Here are some glimpses from the thought provoking seminar session!
#womenshealth #4mconsortium #4mseminarseries
Do you experience problematic menstrual bleeding? Or do you treat or care for someone who does?
4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.
4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Do you experience problematic menstrual bleeding? Or do you treat or care for someone who does?
4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.
4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.