The teens are participating in the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) programme, which helps them focus on personal responsibility through cognitive behaviour therapy.
The North American Menopause Society website stresses the same cardiovascular risks and advises that a woman's personal risk factors should play a role in deciding whether to take hormone therapy.
Soniya says it was a "horrific" time which led to her having a breakdown that December, but she fought to continue Kray's therapy and has become such an expert in his recovery that she considers herself her son's personal therapist now.