Menstrual cycle influences on mood and behavior in women with borderline personality disorder

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often report that affective and impulsive symptoms worsen premenstrually. We used prospective rating techniques developed for the diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome to investigate the association between phase of the menstrual cycle and affective a...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 1995-03, Vol.9 (1), p.68-75
Main Authors: ZIV, B, RUSS, M. J, MOLINE, M, HURT, S, ZENDELL, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Data Analysis
Longitudinal Studies
Medical sciences
Personality disorders
Personality Problems
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Summary:Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often report that affective and impulsive symptoms worsen premenstrually. We used prospective rating techniques developed for the diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome to investigate the association between phase of the menstrual cycle and affective and impulsive symptoms in 14 patients with BPD. Subjects with confirmed diagnoses of BPD completed daily ratings of these symptoms for 2-4 menstrual cycles. An association between symptom severity and phase of menstrual cycle was not found. Despite the finding that all subjects interviewed following the study reported having experienced a premenstrual worsening of symptoms, none of the subjects met criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder. The limitations of this pilot study are discussed.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.1995.9.1.68