Article ID: CBB000830442

The Biomedical Standardization of Premenstrual Syndrome (2008)

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This essay traces the history of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in French, British, and American medical literature from 1950 to 2004. Aetiological theories, treatments and diagnostic criteria have varied over time and place, reflecting local conditions and changing notions of objectivity and evidence. During the 1970s researchers in each nation utilised different research strategies to overcome variation and contradictory results characteristic of PMS research. Since the 1980s, attempts have been made to standardise research internationally through prospective daily rating questionnaires that diagnose and measure PMS. Amidst controversy, a psychiatric reformulation of the syndrome was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). While the diagnostic criteria for this psychiatric category, now called premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), are widely accepted for research purposes, efforts to transfer them to medical practice have been less successful. PMDD remains a contested disease construct.

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Authors & Contributors
Cantor, David
Dickson, Melissa
Tsay, Alice
Schlicht, Laurens
Blayney, Steffan
Myllykangas, Mikko
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Public health
Cancer; tumors
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Medicine and society
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
France
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Americas
Argentina
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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