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Premenstrual Affective Syndrome and Affective Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard D. Wetzel ,
Theodore Reich ,
James N. McClure Jr.  and
Jeffrey A. Wald
Richard D. Wetzel
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
Theodore Reich
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine
James N. McClure Jr.
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine
Jeffrey A. Wald
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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Summary

Sixty-four per cent of 874 freshmen and sophomore women sent questionnaires about premenstrual and menstrual symptoms returned them. They differed from those not returning the questionnaires only in year of school. As predicted, women reporting premenstrual affective symptoms were more likely than those who did not report them to seek psychiatric care at the Student Health Service and to be diagnosed as affective disorder at the service.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 219 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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