caa a22 4500 465738311 CHVBK 20180323111801.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02244221 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02244221 Alcohol use and premenstrual symptoms in social drinkers [Elektronische Daten] [Nancy Mello, Jack Mendelson, Barbara Lex] The relationship between premenstrual dysphoria and alcohol acquisition and use patterns was studied in 14 women over 35 days on a clinical research ward. A 7-day drug-free baseline was followed by 21 days of alcohol availability and a post-alcohol drug-free period of 7 days. Women could earn alcohol or 50 cents for 30 min of performance on a simple operant task. The Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) was administered during baseline and at the premenstruum. Menstrual cycle phase was associated with changes in alcohol use by 8 of the 14 women. Five women drank more during the premenstruum and scored higher on 12 of 18 PAF factors than women whose drinking remained the same (N=6) or decreased (N=3). Women who increased drinking had significantly higher PAF scores on impaired social functioning, hostility/anger and hysteroid features (P<0.05, 0.01). Women who drank less during the premenstruum reported more pain and physical discomfort, whereas women who drank about the same amount were relatively asymptomatic. PAF profiles reported at the premenstruum and baseline PAF profiles based on recall of the preceding three menstrual cycles were concordant in 13 of the 14 women (P<0.001-0.0001). These data suggest that women's perceptions of premenstrual symptomatology are stable through time. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Alcohol use nationallicence Premenstrual dysphoria nationallicence Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) nationallicence Social drinking by women nationallicence Alcohol use and menstrual cycle phase nationallicence Mello Nancy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut Mendelson Jack Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut Lex Barbara Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 101/4(1990-08-01), 448-455 0033-3158 101:4<448 1990 101 213 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244221 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244221 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mello Nancy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mendelson Jack Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lex Barbara Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, 02178, Belmont, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 101/4(1990-08-01), 448-455 0033-3158 101:4<448 1990 101 213 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer