Minor psychiatric morbidity and menstruation.
The extent of minor psychiatric morbidity in a community sample of women aged 16-44 was investigated, using the 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The relationship between psychiatric ill health and the reporting of menstrual distress, measured by a modified version of the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MMDQ), was then examined for three phases of the menstrual cycle--the premenstruum, the menstrual flow and the remainder of the cycle. Positive associations were found between psychiatric ill health and the reporting of distinctive patterns of distress in the premenstruum and during the menstrual flow. Possible explanations for these associations were considered.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*