Diseases

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

A condition in which a woman suffers from severe depression, irritability, and tension before MENSTRUATION. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) may involve a wide range of physical or emotional symptoms, which are more severe and debilitating than those seen with premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and which include at least one mood-related symptom. Symptoms usually stop when, or shortly after, menstruation begins.

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A condition in which a woman suffers from severe depression, irritability, and tension before MENSTRUATION. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) may involve a wide range of physical or emotional symptoms, which are more severe and debilitating than those seen with premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and which include at least one mood-related symptom. Symptoms usually stop when, or shortly after, menstruation begins.

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  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Syndrome
  • Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric
  • Dysphoric Disorder, Premenstrual
  • Syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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2015

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  • Premenstrual Syndrome (1987-2014)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065446. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065446
  2. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_dysphoric_disorder
  3. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2728811