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.
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.
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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
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