title: Medical and psychologic characteristics of women presenting with premenstrual symptoms.
abstract: To establish the necessary elements of a program of evaluation and treatment of premenstrual syndrome, the medical and psychologic characteristics of 68 consecutive women presenting because of premenstrual symptoms were determined and compared with those of a similar group of 34 women without premenstrual symptoms (control group). Women with premenstrual symptoms exhibited a significantly greater frequency of previously undetected medical, psychologic, and marital problems than did controls. These findings demonstrate the need for a multidisciplinary comprehensive program of evaluation and treatment of the medical, psychologic, and mental health of women who present because of moderate-to-severe premenstrual symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted