The Effects of Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Premenstrual Syndrome
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2003
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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This small pilot study tested the effects of a three session, group cognitive behavioral treatment for PMS. Three subjects at varying levels of severity completed the protocol. All subjects completed prospective daily mood logs for one cycle before treatment and one cycle post-treatment. Results suggest that the three subjects responded quite differently to the treatment, but consistently with their initial symptom levels. The subject with mild PMS showed significant reductions in both PMS symptoms and related distress and dysfunction. The subject with a more severe form of PMS showed some minimal improvement, especially on the distress and dysfunction measures. However, the treatment does not appear to have been substantive enough to effect reliable change. The last subject entered treatment for PMS, but her daily mood logs actually reflected a more general psychopathology. While her overall symptom levels were somewhat reduced post-treatment, the therapy did not seem to have any PMS specific effects. Based on this pilot study, extremely brief, group based interventions appear to be the most appropriate for women with mild PMS and little, if any, general psychopathology.