Psychological assessment of women seeking treatment for premenstrual syndrome.
One hundred (100) women who sought evaluation for premenstrual syndrome were administered a battery of standardized psychological tests, including a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Short Marital Adjustment Scale (MAS), during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. A BDI was repeated in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. MMPI profiles were classified by code type using Lachar system as follows: 'Normal'--36%; 'Neurotic'--31%; 'Characterological'--11%, 'Psychotic'--5%, 'Unclassified'--17%. A common feature of MMPI profiles was a low Scale 5 (Mf). BDI scores had several patterns; however, a significant group (25%) appeared to have clinically significant continuous depression regardless of superimposed premenstrual changes. About half of the women (42%) reported marital distress (MAS scores less than 100) at the time of evaluation.
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005498:Follicular Phase; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D008950:MMPI; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*