"Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition in which a woman suffers from severe depression, irritability, and tension before MENSTRUATION. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) may involve a wide range of physical or emotional symptoms, which are more severe and debilitating than those seen with premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and which include at least one mood-related symptom. Symptoms usually stop when, or shortly after, menstruation begins.
| Descriptor ID |
D065446
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.568.968.500 F03.600.300.550
|
| Concept/Terms |
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric
- Dysphoric Disorder, Premenstrual
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Syndrome
- Syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder" by people in this website by year, and whether "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder" by people in Profiles.
MeSH information
