MEDICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF PREMENSTRUAL TENSION

Abstract

Various aspects of the problem of the premenstrual tension syndrome have been discussed–from medical, psychiatric, and legal viewpoints. The syndrome has been defined with comments on frequency and symptoms with some elaboration on physiological changes and theories of etiology. This in turn has been correlated as much as possible with psychiatric findings, and lastly the relationship of the syndrome to legal considerations has been briefly discussed.