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Premenstrual Syndrome

Ethical and Legal Implications in a Biomedical Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Benson E. Ginsburg

    1. Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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  2. Bonnie Frank Carter

    1. Department of Psychiatry, Northern Division, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Premenstrual Syndrome: Studies in Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving

      • Bonnie Frank Carter
      Pages 3-14

  6. Psychological Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Premenstrual Syndrome: Implications for Psychiatric Practice

      • Michael J. Vergare
      Pages 215-221

    3. The Scientific Method and Ethical Treatment of Premenstrual Complaints

      • Elaine A. Blechman, Connie J. Clay
      Pages 223-236
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As the work on a revised edition of the Diagnostic and StatisticaL ManuaL (OSM-llIR) progressed, a great controversy grew over the inclusion of a new diagnostic category, "Premenstrual Phase Dysphoric Disorder." Some nosologists and scientists who study premenstrual syndrome (PMS) felt that, while a specific psychiatric disorder does exist, it occurs relatively rarely. The disorder can be characterized by recurrent periods of dysphoria on a monthly basis, in synchrony with the menstrual period. "PMS" already exists as a diagnosis in leD 9, the international medical nomenclature. The category for DSM-IIIR was to be a specific psychiatric disorder concentrating on the dysphoric reaction, and not including all of the physical and mental symptoms that people have ascribed to this condition. Much of the controversy that ensued had little to do with the diagnostic category or the condition itself. Rather, it concerned feelings voiced by feminist groups that the new diagnostic category would be misleading, that it would inappropriately label women as mentally ill, and that it would be affixed not only to the dysphoric disorder, but everything else that happens psychiatrically to women.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

    Benson E. Ginsburg

  • Department of Psychiatry, Northern Division, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

    Bonnie Frank Carter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Premenstrual Syndrome

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical and Legal Implications in a Biomedical Perspective

  • Editors: Benson E. Ginsburg, Bonnie Frank Carter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5275-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5277-8Published: 03 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5275-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 436

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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