|Articles|April 7, 2010

Psychiatric Times

  • Psychiatric Times Vol 27 No 4
  • Volume 27
  • Issue 4

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Psychiatric Comorbidity

Diagnostic Dilemmas-Effective Treatment Approaches

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a cyclical illness characterized by mood, behavioral, and physical symptoms that occur exclusively in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and remit with the onset of menses. PMDD is differentiated from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) by the number and specificity of symptoms that are required to make the diagnosis. Several studies have focused on the lifetime comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders in women with PMDD. However, most PMDD studies have examined populations of women without current comorbid psychiatric disorders, making it difficult to estimate the true rate of psychiatric comorbidity in this group.

This article focuses on diagnostic and treatment dilemmas encountered in women with PMDD and psychiatric comorbidity.

PMDD

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