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title: How do premenstrual symptoms relate to mental health problems and social difficulties?
description: This paper describes how to study the relationship between premenstrual symptoms, mental health, and social problems using interviews, diaries, and questionna
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/psychiatric-and-social-aspects-of-premenstrual-complaint-1983/
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Survey study, 1983

# How do premenstrual symptoms relate to mental health problems and social difficulties?

This paper describes how to study the relationship between premenstrual symptoms, mental health, and social problems using interviews, diaries, and questionnaires. The abstract does not report actual findings.

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Women from general practice and a specialized premenstrual tension treatment clinic

## What they did

Researchers designed a study using questionnaires, menstrual diaries, psychiatric interviews, and social assessments to examine women from general practice and a premenstrual tension treatment clinic.

## What they found

The abstract describes only the study design and methods, and does not report findings or results.

## What it means for you

This shows that properly studying PMS requires careful methods to confirm what women report and distinguish premenstrual symptoms from other psychiatric or social problems. The main limitation is no results are presented.

## About the study

Original title Psychiatric and social aspects of premenstrual complaint Authors Clare AW Journal Psychological medicine. Monograph supplement Year 1983 Study design Survey study What was tested None - observational study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1017/s0264180100001934](https://doi.org/10.1017/s0264180100001934)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Diagnosis experience and healthcare access](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-healthcare-access/)

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