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title: Do women with PMS experience more mental health symptoms? | Niyora
description: Yes, the study found that women with PMS had connections to various mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, anger, and others.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/psychopathology-in-premenstrual-syndrome-2013/
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Study, 2013

# Do women with PMS experience more mental health symptoms?

Yes, the study found that women with PMS had connections to various mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, anger, and others.

 Early or limited evidence

127 people from a youth clinic in Ankara, Turkey

## What they did

Researchers recruited 127 people from a youth clinic at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Each person filled out a form with demographic information, a premenstrual assessment form to measure PMS, and a symptom checklist that measures mental health and physical symptoms.

## What they found

Among the 127 people, 16% met criteria for PMS (21 people scored above the threshold on the premenstrual assessment form). The study found connections between PMS scores and mental health symptom scores overall, including depression, anxiety, anger, and other symptoms.

## What it means for you

Women with PMS may experience more depression, anxiety, anger, and other mental symptoms compared to women without PMS. However, this study measured everyone at one point in time, so we cannot know if PMS causes these mental symptoms, if mental symptoms trigger PMS, or if they just happen together. The study took place in one clinic in Turkey, so results may not apply to all women.

127

people studied

16%

with PMS

21

people who met PMS criteria

## About the study

Original title Psychopathology in premenstrual syndrome Authors Halil Özcan, Burak Subaşı Journal Journal of Mood Disorders Year 2013 Study design Study Participants 127 What was tested None - observation and assessment only, no treatment Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.5455/jmood.20130514121254](https://doi.org/10.5455/jmood.20130514121254)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Irritability and anger](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-irritability-anger/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)

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