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title: Is premenstrual mood disorder linked to a history of other psychiatric illness?
description: Women with confirmed menstrually related mood disorder had a clear difference in their lifetime psychiatric illness history compared to women without it.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-mood-disorder-and-psychiatric-illness-1985/
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Study, 1985

# Is premenstrual mood disorder linked to a history of other psychiatric illness?

Women with confirmed menstrually related mood disorder had a clear difference in their lifetime psychiatric illness history compared to women without it.

 Early or limited evidence

Women with and without confirmed menstrually related mood disorder.

## What they did

The researchers compared women with confirmed menstrually related mood disorder to women without it. They examined their lifetime history of psychiatric illness.

## What they found

There was a clear difference in the lifetime psychiatric illness history between women with confirmed menstrually related mood disorder and those without it.

## What it means for you

This suggests there may be a link between premenstrual mood changes and experiencing other psychiatric problems. The limitation is the abstract does not give specific numbers or describe which psychiatric illnesses were most common.

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual mood disorder and psychiatric illness Authors DeJong R, Rubinow DR, Roy-Byrne P et al. Journal The American journal of psychiatry Year 1985 Study design Study What was tested None. Read the paper [doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.11.1359](https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.11.1359)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Major depressive disorder](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-major-depression/)

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