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Changes in Psychological Symptoms in Women Taking Oral Contraceptives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brenda Herzberg
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Fund, Area Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Alec Coppen
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton and West Park Hospital, Epsom

Extract

The premenstrual syndrome first described by Frank (1931) includes a number of psychological and physical symptoms appearing in the week before menstruation and relieved by the onset of the period. The aetiology is still obscure.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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