Review, 2000
How should doctors diagnose and treat PMDD?
Doctors should use self-report tools combined with diagnostic criteria and rule out other conditions. Treatment options include exercise, diet changes, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and ovulation-suppressing drugs.
What they did
Review article examining how primary care doctors and obstetrician-gynecologists can diagnose and treat PMDD.
What they found
PMDD symptoms occur only during the luteal phase with symptom-free time after menstruation and before ovulation. Self-report tools are valuable for diagnosis when combined with diagnostic criteria. Doctors must rule out medical and psychiatric conditions like diabetes, hypothyroidism, and major depression.
What it means for you
This article provides physicians with guidance on diagnosing and treating PMDD. It summarizes clinical knowledge rather than presenting new research findings. The limitation is that this is a narrative review rather than original research.
About the study
- Original title
- Recognizing and treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the obstetric, gynecologic, and primary care practices
- Authors
- Ling FW
- Journal
- The Journal of clinical psychiatry
- Year
- 2000
- Study design
- Review
- Read the paper
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11041379/
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