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title: Does vitamin B1 help reduce mental symptoms of PMS? | Niyora
description: Yes. Vitamin B1 significantly reduced mental symptoms by 35.08% compared to before treatment in this small study of university students.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-effects-of-vitamin-b1-on-ameliorating-of-mental-symptoms-of-the-premenstrual-2016/
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Randomised trial, 2016

# Does vitamin B1 help reduce mental symptoms of PMS?

Yes. Vitamin B1 significantly reduced mental symptoms by 35.08% compared to before treatment in this small study of university students.

 Moderate study design

80 female university students with PMS living in dormitories at Jahrom University in Iran

## What they did

This was a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. 80 female university students with PMS were randomly assigned to receive either vitamin B1 or placebo. Mental symptom severity was measured before and after treatment using the Beck Depression Inventory.

## What they found

In the vitamin B1 group, mental symptoms were significantly reduced by 35.08% when measured after treatment compared to before. The study reported no side effects.

## What it means for you

Vitamin B1 may help reduce mental symptoms of PMS. However, the study was small and only included dormitory students at one university in Iran, so results may not apply to all women with PMS.

80

female students with PMS

35.08%

reduction in mental symptoms

## About the study

Original title The effects of vitamin B1 on ameliorating of mental symptoms of the premenstrual syndrome Authors Sareh Abdollahifard, Majid Maddahfar Journal European Psychiatry Year 2016 Study design Randomised trial Participants 80 What was tested Vitamin B1 supplement Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.745](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.745)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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