[The experience of the menopause].

If 30% of women pass through the peak of the menopause without difficulty, the majority find themselves, at that period, in a more or less difficult situation, which is not only the consequence of physiological disorders, but also of environmental changes. The emancipation of children, the anxieties sometimes caused by the age of the parents, the lack of interest which society has in the 50 years old woman, but which it very readily takes in the old woman, conjugal lassitude, the lack of comprehension of those around her, very often bring such women to the doctor, who should know not only how to palliate the oestrogen deficiency, and the organic disorders, but also show evidence of a certain psychological understanding. It would seem that the role of the physician is primordial in so far as he, or she, is able to inspire confidence and explain the treatment prescribed.