An empirical evaluation of the diagnostic criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Problems with sex specificity and validity

Women and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Callaghan, Glenn M ^a,b   Chacon, Cynthia ^a   Coles, Cameron ^a   Botts, Julie ^a   Laraway, Sean ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic validity; DSM criteria; Menstration and mood; PMDD; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449225854     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02703140802402396     Document Type: Article

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