title: Personality traits in LLPDD and normal controls during follicular and luteal menstrual-cycle phases.
abstract: In 15 women with Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD) and in 15 normal control subjects, personality traits were assessed using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) during follicular and luteal menstrual-cycle phases. Compared with controls, LLPDD subjects had less compulsive but more passive/aggressive and borderline/cycloid traits, and more depression and hypomania. Menstrual-cycle phase did not significantly affect personality variables in either group. In particular, depression and hypomania in LLPDD subjects suggests a relationship with affective disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0804, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Parry
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mostofi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005498:Follicular Phase / Q000502:physiology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase / Q000502:physiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones