Hannah Short
@drhannahshort.bsky.social
GP & menopause specialist, writer & reader, advocate for planetary health, vegan, daydreamer.
📚 Co-author: The Complete Guide to POI & Early Menopause
📚 Writing: The Hormone Sensitive Brain (focus: PMDD)
📚 Co-author: The Complete Guide to POI & Early Menopause
📚 Writing: The Hormone Sensitive Brain (focus: PMDD)
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I'm looking for anonymous case studies for my upcoming book 'The Hormone Sensitive Brain'. I am keen to gather as many experiences as possible and have pulled together a questionnaire: drhannahshort.co.uk/the-hormone-...
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
Delighted to come across this paper during my book research: a resounding YES from me!
PMDD awareness is suicide prevention. The fact that menstrual histories are rarely, if ever, taken in patients presenting to psychiatry is tantamount to medical negligence. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
PMDD awareness is suicide prevention. The fact that menstrual histories are rarely, if ever, taken in patients presenting to psychiatry is tantamount to medical negligence. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?
We argue that psychiatry has overlooked a significant modifiable risk factor for mental illness in female patients: cyclical symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle. Premenstrual dysphoric disord...
mentalhealth.bmj.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Delighted to come across this paper during my book research: a resounding YES from me!
PMDD awareness is suicide prevention. The fact that menstrual histories are rarely, if ever, taken in patients presenting to psychiatry is tantamount to medical negligence. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
PMDD awareness is suicide prevention. The fact that menstrual histories are rarely, if ever, taken in patients presenting to psychiatry is tantamount to medical negligence. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Reposted by Hannah Short
From Fork to Feelings: How Foods Shape Mental Health via the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis
Latest review out in @annualreviews.bsky.social -Well done Aimone Ferri, Laise Paes & @elizschneider.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social
Latest review out in @annualreviews.bsky.social -Well done Aimone Ferri, Laise Paes & @elizschneider.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
From Fork to Feelings: How Foods Shape Mental Health via the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis
Latest review out in @annualreviews.bsky.social -Well done Aimone Ferri, Laise Paes & @elizschneider.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social
Latest review out in @annualreviews.bsky.social -Well done Aimone Ferri, Laise Paes & @elizschneider.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social
Finally. But better late than never.
10. What is the relationship between hormonal fluctuations and mental health across the reproductive lifespan - from #PMS and #PMDD to menopause?
They're also looking at how hormonal cycles affect drug metabolism. Hugely important & nearly always overlooked.
10. What is the relationship between hormonal fluctuations and mental health across the reproductive lifespan - from #PMS and #PMDD to menopause?
They're also looking at how hormonal cycles affect drug metabolism. Hugely important & nearly always overlooked.
This feels like progress 💙 PMDD is now part of the UK’s top 10 women’s health research priorities, highlighting the need to understand how hormonal fluctuations and other biopsychosocial processes shape mental health from menarche to menopause. So important to see this recognised. #PMDD
Women's health research priorities in the UK: a consensus statement from RCOG
Between 2019 and 2024, the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Research invested
approximately £258 million in reproductive health and childbirth research,1 and in
January, 2024, the National ...
www.thelancet.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Reposted by Hannah Short
What did we find? 🔍
Our review points to a relevant association between stress and premenstrual symptomatology:
🔺Higher stress is linked to more severe symptoms
⤴️ Stress peaks during the luteal phase in individuals with PMS/PMDD
⚡ Trauma history associated with more than double the odds of PMS/PMDD
Our review points to a relevant association between stress and premenstrual symptomatology:
🔺Higher stress is linked to more severe symptoms
⤴️ Stress peaks during the luteal phase in individuals with PMS/PMDD
⚡ Trauma history associated with more than double the odds of PMS/PMDD
August 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What did we find? 🔍
Our review points to a relevant association between stress and premenstrual symptomatology:
🔺Higher stress is linked to more severe symptoms
⤴️ Stress peaks during the luteal phase in individuals with PMS/PMDD
⚡ Trauma history associated with more than double the odds of PMS/PMDD
Our review points to a relevant association between stress and premenstrual symptomatology:
🔺Higher stress is linked to more severe symptoms
⤴️ Stress peaks during the luteal phase in individuals with PMS/PMDD
⚡ Trauma history associated with more than double the odds of PMS/PMDD
A 2025 systematic review & meta-analyses examining link between trauma and #PMS & #PMDD by the team @stresslabvienna.bsky.social led by @celinebencker.bsky.social
Helpful to have confirmed in research what those of us in clinical practice see on a daily basis. We now need to understand the 'why'.
Helpful to have confirmed in research what those of us in clinical practice see on a daily basis. We now need to understand the 'why'.
How are #stress and premenstrual symptoms connected?
And are those with a #trauma history more likely to have #PMS or #PMDD? 🌩️
Our systematic review & three meta-analyses combine evidence from 66 studies to explore these questions.
Excited our work is finally out! ✨
👉 doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
And are those with a #trauma history more likely to have #PMS or #PMDD? 🌩️
Our systematic review & three meta-analyses combine evidence from 66 studies to explore these questions.
Excited our work is finally out! ✨
👉 doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Associations between premenstrual symptoms and (traumatic) stress: a systematic review and three multilevel meta-analyses | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Associations between premenstrual symptoms and (traumatic) stress: a systematic review and three multilevel meta-analyses
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
A 2025 systematic review & meta-analyses examining link between trauma and #PMS & #PMDD by the team @stresslabvienna.bsky.social led by @celinebencker.bsky.social
Helpful to have confirmed in research what those of us in clinical practice see on a daily basis. We now need to understand the 'why'.
Helpful to have confirmed in research what those of us in clinical practice see on a daily basis. We now need to understand the 'why'.
I'm looking for anonymous case studies for my upcoming book 'The Hormone Sensitive Brain'. I am keen to gather as many experiences as possible and have pulled together a questionnaire: drhannahshort.co.uk/the-hormone-...
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I'm looking for anonymous case studies for my upcoming book 'The Hormone Sensitive Brain'. I am keen to gather as many experiences as possible and have pulled together a questionnaire: drhannahshort.co.uk/the-hormone-...
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
If anyone would like to complete/share it, I'd be so grateful. Thank you #PMDD
Hello, I am tentatively dipping my toe in here having avoided most social media for the last year or so! I am a GP & specialist in menopause & premenstrual disorders, and have just started writing my second book: 'The Hormone Sensitive Brain' 📚
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hello, I am tentatively dipping my toe in here having avoided most social media for the last year or so! I am a GP & specialist in menopause & premenstrual disorders, and have just started writing my second book: 'The Hormone Sensitive Brain' 📚