BACKGROUND Hormonal contraceptive use may be associated with a reduction in some premenstrual symptoms, however, the evidence remains equivocal. The objectives of the present study were to investigate the associations between ethnicity and hormonal contraceptive use with premenstrual symptoms. METHODS One thousand one hundred two women participating in the Toronto Nutrigenomics and Health Stu...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated the associations between Premenstrual Syndrome and perceived stress, and no studies quantifying stress based on biochemical parameters have been conducted. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine the changes in biochemical parameters of stress and measured perceived stress during the menstrual cycle of women with premenstrual syndrome...

Premenstrual exacerbation of major depression is not uncommon. Premenstrual phase-related violence has also been reported. Serotonergic antidepressants, used both continuously and with increased dosage in the late luteal phase, are believed to be effective for major depressive disorder with premenstrual exacerbation. Adding a second medication for non-responder treatment is another treatment op...

Introduction. Premenstrual syndrome presents with vague psychological, somatic, or biological symptoms. It may be seen more commonly in a specific profile of patients. We try to evaluate the patterns and predictors of premenstrual symptoms among females working in a tertiary care psychiatry hospital. Methodology. We recruited working females at a tertiary care psychiatry hospital in India, thro...

BACKGROUND This study examines the prevalence and correlates of self-reported premenstrual symptoms among a large, population-based sample of reproductive age, active-duty women. METHODS Data were obtained from a combined dataset of two large-scale mail surveys designed to represent the total force. Subjects included in the present study were 6026 active-duty women of all branches of military...

OBJECTIVE While family and twin studies suggest that retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms are heritable, these studies have not accounted for the unreliability of such measures. In addition, we know little about the relationship of the familial risk factors for premenstrual symptoms and major depression. METHOD Lifetime major depression and premenstrual-related tiredness, sadness, a...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of premenstrual symptoms in women from the general population in Southampton, U.K., and examine their association with lifestyle factors and contraceptive use. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey in the city of Southampton, U.K., of 974 women aged 20-34 years (53% of the 1841 women invited to participate). The survey consisted of interviews, question...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between the occurrence of stress fracture and premenstrual syndrome (PMS)/premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in Japanese adolescent athletes. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Osaka, Japan. PARTICIPANTS A school-based survey on menstruation and school life was conducted using a sample of 1818 Japanese female students who belonged to two p...

In this study, to estimate the current status of young women with menstrual disorders, the relation among dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and premenstrual symptoms was investigated by a questionnaire. Subjects ranging from 18 to 20 years old were recruited from 522 female students at Ashiya College in Japan. The intensity of dysmenorrhea was classified into 3 grades (score 1, not requiring...

The objective was to review and analyze narratively the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome dysphoric disorder. For that purpose, Latin-American international references were reviewed on different web pages. Publications from 1995 April 2022 reviewed. Premenstrual disorders are theories diseases in medicine found among menstruating women all ages.