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title: Do other mental health conditions affect premenstrual symptoms?
description: Yes. The study found differences between women with premenstrual symptoms who had other psychiatric disorders and those who didn't.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/spectral-analysis-of-cyclic-symptoms-in-late-luteal-phase-dysphoric-disorder-1989/
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Study, 1989

# Do other mental health conditions affect premenstrual symptoms?

Yes. The study found differences between women with premenstrual symptoms who had other psychiatric disorders and those who didn't.

 Moderate study design

58 women who self-referred because they experienced premenstrual difficulty

## What they did

Fifty-eight women who reported premenstrual difficulty were sorted into two groups: those with past or current psychiatric disorders and those without. Researchers compared how premenstrual symptoms changed across the cycle and how severe they were in each group.

## What they found

The two groups showed differences in symptom patterns and premenstrual symptom severity. These differences raised questions about how to reliably identify late luteal phase dysphoric disorder and how other psychiatric disorders affect this syndrome.

## What it means for you

Having other mental health conditions appears to affect how premenstrual mood problems show up. Doctors should ask about a person's full mental health history when evaluating premenstrual symptoms. A limitation is that the study doesn't specify exactly which symptoms differed between groups.

58

women studied

## About the study

Original title Spectral analysis of cyclic symptoms in late luteal phase dysphoric disorder Authors Severino SK, Hurt SW, Shindledecker RD Journal The American journal of psychiatry Year 1989 Study design Study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.9.1155](https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.9.1155)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Major depressive disorder](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-major-depression/)[Schizophrenia and psychosis](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-psychosis/)

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