Significance and Interrelationship of the Symptoms Listed in the DSM Criteria for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) as defined in DSM has become an established diagnosis, and a formal indication for drug treatment, the relative impact of the disparate symptoms named in the criteria, and to what extent they indeed constitute parts of one syndrome, remains insufficiently clarified. We have therefore explored the frequency, impact, and inter-relationship of different PMDD symptoms.

Method

Using a web survey, 10,457 Swedish women of fertile age were asked to retrospectively assess if they experience reduced functioning due to symptoms clearly associated with the premenstrual phase. Those responding affirmatively reported presence, severity, and impact of each symptom named in the PMDD criteria.

Result

Nine percent reported impairin

SUBMITTER: Studer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10499188 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature