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title: Do women with severe PMS have more psychiatric illness? | Niyora
description: Yes. Women with moderate to severe perimenstrual symptoms had significantly higher lifetime rates of depression and drug abuse than women with mild or no symp
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/lifetime-prevalence-of-psychiatric-disorders-in-women-with-perimenstrual-1986/
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Survey study, 1986

# Do women with severe PMS have more psychiatric illness?

Yes. Women with moderate to severe perimenstrual symptoms had significantly higher lifetime rates of depression and drug abuse than women with mild or no symptoms.

 Early or limited evidence

58 women aged 30-40 years.

## What they did

A cross-sectional study of 58 women aged 30-40. Researchers sorted them into two groups based on interviews: those with mild or no perimenstrual difficulties and those with moderate to severe difficulties. They used a structured interview to assess lifetime psychiatric disorders.

## What they found

The 29 women with moderate to severe perimenstrual difficulties had significantly higher lifetime prevalence of affective disorders and drug abuse than the 29 women with mild or no symptoms. No cases of somatization disorder appeared in either group.

## What it means for you

Women with severe PMS may have higher risk of depression and drug abuse. However, the sample is small and cross-sectional, so we can't tell if PMS causes these conditions or if they're separate issues that often occur together.

58

women studied

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women with moderate to severe symptoms

## About the study

Original title Lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in women with perimenstrual difficulties Authors Mackenzie TB, Wilcox K, Baron H Journal Journal of affective disorders Year 1986 Study design Survey study Participants 29 What was tested None. This was an observational study. Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(86)90044-3](https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(86)90044-3)

## Topics

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

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