The cardinal mood symptoms of premenstrual dysphoria can be effectively treated by serotonin-augmenting drugs. The aim of the study was to test the serotonin hypothesis of this disorder, i.e. of an association between premenstrual decline in brain serotonin function and concomitant worsening of self-rated cardinal mood symptoms. Positron emission tomography was used to assess changes in brain t...

conclusion premenstrual disorders are common in adolescent girls. preventive and treatment strategies are highly recommended. background premenstrual disorders usually refer to premenstrual syndrome (pms) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (pmdd). this study was designed to find out the frequency of premenstrual disorders and evaluate the associated factors in a sample of iranian adolescents. ...

DESIGN A randomised control trial (RCT) was conducted to examine the efficacy of couple-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait-list control. METHODS Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative outcome measures evaluated changes pre-post intervention. Eighty three women were randomly allocated across three conditi...

To investigate the relationship between premenstrual mood changes and maternal mental health in the perinatal period, a prospective questionnaire survey of 1,329 women was carried out. Women with a premenstrual mood changes (irritability) before pregnancy showed significantly higher Zung's Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores than those without it, throughout pregnancy and the postpartum p...

conclusions the stress due to psychosomatic changes in the menstrual cycle is associated with premenstrual syndrome. measures of s-iga, rather than cortisol or subjective responses to stress, may be most closely associated with pms. background several studies have demonstrated the associations between premenstrual syndrome and perceived stress, and no studies quantifying stress based on biochem...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the rate of recording of premenstrual syndrome diagnoses in UK primary care and describe pharmacological treatments initiated following a premenstrual syndrome (PMS) diagnosis. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING UK primary care. PARTICIPANTS Women registered with a practice contributing to The Health Improvement Network primary care database between 1995 ...

BACKGROUND With a prevalence of 3 to 8% among women of reproductive age, severe premenstrual symptoms are very common. Symptoms range from emotional and cognitive to physical changes. Severe symptoms (that is, premenstrual syndrome) can have a strong impact on everyday functioning and quality of life. Impairment can be as serious as that of dysthymic disorders. Many affected women receive eithe...

premenstrual syndrome (pms) is a hormone dependent pathophysiologic state with known somatic and affective symptoms. vitamin d3 as a secosteroid hormone has different effects on several disorders. in this review, we declared some potential benefits of vitamin d3 regarding alleviation of pms symptoms; also, we have reported the results of literature review about vitamin d and pms.

The advances in the careful screening and diagnosis of women with PMS has led to the ability to conduct epidemiologic, etiologic, and treatment studies in well-defined samples of women. Prospective symptom charting, scoring methods, and careful clinical psychiatric and medical evaluation are necessary to rule out concurrent psychiatric and medical disorders. Studies of women with PMDD have sugg...

BACKGROUND Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome. The influence of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection on clinical features in women with this disorder has not been studied. Therefore, we determined the association of T. gondii infection with symptoms and signs in women suffering from premenstrual dysphoric disorder. METHODS We performed a cross-section...