Proceedings of a workshop held during the Sixth International Congress of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, Berlin, September 1980
edited by Pieter A. Keep, Wulf H. Utian.
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1981
(121 pages)
1 Aetiology of premenstrual syndrome --;2 The premenstrual syndrome --;an epidemiological and statistical exercise --;3 Premenstrual syndrome --;a holistic approach --;4 An appraisal of the role of progesterone in the therapy of premenstrual syndrome --;5 An explorative study into the clinical effects of dydrogesterone in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome --;6 A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre study of the efficacy of dydrogesterone (Duphaston R) --;Discussion A --;between panel members Chairman: W.H. Utian --;Discussion B --;between panel members and members of the audience Chairman: P.A. van Keep.
Despite a plethora of theories, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has remained an enigma. There has persisted in the literature a constant conflict as to the existence of the syndrome, a question as to whether it is one syndrome or several, and a debate as to whether the origin is psychic, somatic, or both.