Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
First Advisor
Patrick Openlander
Second Advisor
Jesse B. Harris Jr.
Third Advisor
Mary Seamon
Abstract
This research was an attempt to investigate the appropriateness of including Premenstrual Syndrome into the revised third edition of the Diagnostic Statistics Manual. The researcher asked 10 women, who felt they were suffering from Premenstrual Syndrome, to compare their normal food intake with a balanced diet and minimal use of stimulants and the ambiguities of the syndrome became apparent. The women who took part in this study of Premenstrual Syndrome and the management of its symptomotology enlightened the author, not only to the multidimensional etiology of the syndrome, but more importantly, to the lack of validation they experienced as women with symptomotology. Therefore, the goal of the project, which was to help Premenstrual Syndrome sufferers take control of their symptoms became synonymous with helping them also take control of their lives.
Recommended Citation
Whitchurch, Linda, "The Circular Causality and Possible Alleviation of PMS Symptomology" (1992). Theses. 1570.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1570
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