Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de Textos (Understanding) — VUNESP 2026

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1 Nearly three-quarters of United Kingdom (UK) women do not know menopause can cause a new mental illness, a poll¹ shows. This lack of understanding is so acute that the Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched its first targeted “position statement” to raise awareness about menopause and mental health.

The poll, commissioned by the college, which represents more than 20,000 psychiatrists, found that only 28% of women know a new mental illness can be associated with menopause. In contrast, 93% of women associate menopause with hot flushes and 76% with reduced sex drive. As a result, many women are not seeking or receiving vital help, the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ report says.

Dr Lade Smith, the president of the college, said: “Menopause can have a significant yet often overlooked impact on women’s mental health and wellbeing. Women account for 51% of the population and all will experience menopause at some point. This is a societal issue for everyone. Simply put, we must do better.”

Anxiety and low mood are relatively common side-effects of hormonal changes during menopause, but for some women menopause significantly increases the chance of developing serious mental illness. Bipolar women who experienced postnatal depression or had premenstrual mood symptoms were also at higher risk of recurrence of depression during menopause, the report highlighted.

5 The report calls for health services and governments in all UK nations to take urgent action to improve care, mandatory teaching of menopause and mental health in all medical and psychiatric training and menopause policies in all workplaces that address its relationship with mental health.

(Anna Bawden. www.theguardian.com, 01.03.2026. Adaptado.)

¹poll: pesquisa, sondagem.