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title: How should doctors diagnose, explain, and treat PMS? | Niyora
description: There's no consistent way to diagnose PMS and no proven safe treatment, but this review offers recommendations for helping women with PMS.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-elusive-premenstrual-syndrome-1991/
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Review, 1991

# How should doctors diagnose, explain, and treat PMS?

There's no consistent way to diagnose PMS and no proven safe treatment, but this review offers recommendations for helping women with PMS.

 Early or limited evidence

Literature review; no original research population

## What they did

The author reviewed current medical ideas about how to diagnose PMS, what causes it, and how to treat it. They then made recommendations for how doctors can safely help women with PMS.

## What they found

There is no standard diagnostic method for PMS. The cause of PMS is not well understood. There is no non-invasive, low-risk proven treatment. PMS has been discussed for almost 60 years despite these gaps.

## What it means for you

Despite being talked about for 60 years, we don't have reliable ways to diagnose PMS, understand what causes it, or treat it safely. This is a review of existing knowledge with recommendations but no new research findings.

60

years PMS has been discussed

## About the study

Original title The elusive premenstrual syndrome Authors Mitchell ES Journal NAACOG's clinical issues in perinatal and women's health nursing Year 1991 Study design Review Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1931374/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1931374/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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