Objective: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) occurs 7–14 days before the onset of menstruation and subsides with commencement menstrual flow, affects women during their reproductive age, is associated physical, psychological, behavioral changes. If mental symptoms predominate are very severe impairment, then patient classified as having premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) which may be viewed a sub...

Increased attention for negative life events is associated with an elevated risk for premenstrual symptoms Xenia Gonda, Konstantinos Fountoulakis, Gabor Csukly, Tamas Telek, Dorottya Pap, Zoltan Rihmer, Gyorgy Bagdy From 1 International Congress on Neurobiology and Clinical Psychopharmacology and European Psychiatric Association Conference on Treatment Guidance Thessaloniki, Greece. 19-22 Novem...

On March 11, 2011, the Great East-Japan Earthquake occurred and a massive tsunami hit the northeastern coast of Japan. Catastrophic disasters such as earthquakes and war cause tremendous damage, not only physically but also mentally. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that occurs in the aftermath of a traumatic event. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a cluster of psycholo...

premenstrual syndromes (pms) are a group of menstrually related, chronic and cyclical disorders characterized by emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms in the second half (luteal phase) of the menstrual cycle. several line of evidence point to a significant role of the serotonergic system in the course of the luteal phase in women with pms/ premenstrual dysphoric disorder. it has been rep...

BACKGROUND This is a substantive update of a previous review. Severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects between 3% to 5% of women of reproductive age. Severe PMS is classified under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are increasingly used as front-line therapy for PMS. A systematic...