Premenstrual Tension Syndrome |
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| Authors: | CHRISTINE M. COYNE RN MN NANCY FUGATE WOODS RN PhD FAAN ELLEN SULLIVAN MITCHELL CRN |
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| Affiliation: | Christine Coyne is coordinator of Nursing Quality Assurance and Research at University Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Coyne is a member of ACCN and the Biofeedback Society of Washington.;Nancy Fugate Woods is professor and chair person of Parent and Child Nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle, Washington. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and ANA.;Ellen Sullivan Mitchell is a practitioner in a private primary health-care practice specializing in women's health. Ms. Mitchell is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, and ANA. |
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| Abstract: | The premenstrual syndrome is discussed in relation to prevalence, symptomatology, severity, and time course. Methodologic problems common to the study of the menstrual cycle are presented. The research on psychologic and physiologic etiologies is reviewed, and results of studies on various treatment modes are discussed. Newer theories suggesting a combined psychophysiologic etiology and concomitant nonpharmaceutical treatment modes encompassing self-care and stress management skills are included. |
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