Survey study, 1976
Is premenstrual mood problems linked to depression disorder?
Yes. Women with a history of depressive disorder were significantly more likely to have premenstrual mood symptoms. Women with other psychiatric disorders were not.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 81 women presenting to a neurology clinic with functional headaches. Researchers examined the relationship between a history of depressive disorder and premenstrual mood symptoms.
What they found
Premenstrual mood symptoms were significantly associated with a history of depressive disorder. Women with non-affective psychiatric disorders showed no greater frequency of premenstrual mood symptoms than psychiatrically normal women.
What it means for you
If you have premenstrual mood symptoms, you might also have a depressive disorder. Limitation: all women in the study had headaches and were seen in a clinic, so results may not apply to all women.
81
women with functional headache
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual affective syndrome and psychiatric disorder
- Authors
- Kashiwagi T, McClure JN Jr, Wetzel RD
- Journal
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Year
- 1976
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 81
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/943281/
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