Sexual histories and premenstrual affective syndrome in psychiatric inpatients. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Of 45 female inpatients with schizophrenia, depression, borderline personality, or depression and borderline personality, 28 met criteria for probable or definite premenstrual affective syndrome. Of these 28, 16 had abnormal sexual histories, compared with only 1 of the 17 women who did not have premenstrual affective syndrome. Of the 12 patients with both depression and borderline personality disorder, 9 had both premenstrual affective syndrome and abnormal sexual histories. The 6 patients who had been raped all met the criteria for premenstrual affective syndrome. The authors suggest that premenstrual affective syndrome may signify unresolved sexual conflicts in subgroups of psychiatric patients.

publication date

  • November 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Hospitalization
  • Mental Disorders
  • Premenstrual Syndrome
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0019981805

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.139.11.1484

PubMed ID

  • 6890316

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 139

issue

  • 11