Am J Psychiatry 1982; 139:1484-1486
Copyright © 1982 by American Psychiatric Association
Sexual histories and premenstrual affective syndrome in psychiatric inpatients
RC Friedman, SW Hurt, J Clarkin, R Corn and MS Aronoff
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.
