Relationship of dysphoric premenstrual changes to depressive disorders
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 71 (4), 331-338
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1985.tb02532.x
Abstract
An association between premenstrual dysphoric changes and depressive disorders is demonstrated in 170 women. Each woman underwent an evaluation for current and life-time diagnosis using the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC). Premenstrual dysphoric changes were evaluated with the Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF). Criteria for PAF Full Depressive Syndrome were met by 57 % of women with a life-time diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. Only 14 % of the Never Mentally 111 women met these PAF criteria. Eighty-four percent of those who had PAF Full Depressive Syndrome also had RDC Major Depressive Disorder while only 9 % were Never Mentally Ill.Keywords
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