If you or your loved one are above the age of 40 and experiencing the following symptoms, you may be eligible to participate in a clinical trial investigating a potential new medication for perimenopausal women with depression:
Depressive symptoms:
- Feeling down or low all of the time
- Fatigue or lacking energy
- Thoughts of helplessness or worthlessness
- Change in appetite
- Trouble sleeping
- Difficulties in concentration
- Loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyable
Perimenopausal symptoms:
- Irregular periods more than 60 days apart but less than 365 days apart
- 4 or more hot flushes per day/night
If you are interested, please get in touch with one of our friendly research teams. Contact details of our lead doctors are as given below.
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Meet the lead doctors:
Epworth Clinic
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Site Name: Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health (ECIMH)
Address: 888 Toorak Road, Camberwell, VIC, 3124
Phone: (03) 9805 4363
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NeuroCentrix
Dr Peter Farnbach
Site Name: NeuroCentrix
Address: 1303 Heatherton Rd, Noble Park 3174
Phone: (03) 9546 0009
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Monash University
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Site Name: MAPrc / Alfred Health
Address: Level 4, 607 St Kilda Road Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Phone: +61 3 9076 6564
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Content created August 2020