Essays about: "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder"

Found 2 essays containing the words Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.

  1. 1. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder : A Review of Neural and Cognitive Changes in Women with PMDD

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Liselotte Wiklund; [2017]
    Keywords : PMDD; menstrual cycle; allopregnanolone; estrogen; progesterone; HPG-axis; cognition;

    Abstract : Around 3-8% of all women in reproductive age suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) which disenables them to live an ordinary life during the luteal phase (premenstrual phase) of the menstrual cycle. Throughout the premenstrual phase these women experience emotional, cognitive and physiological changes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Diagnostic Powers : What a new diagnosis tells us about current workings of medicine.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Malin Lorensson; [2016]
    Keywords : Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; PMDD; Biomedicalisation; Biopower; Contested Diagnosis;

    Abstract : This essay researches current workings of medicine in relation to contested, female diagnoses. This is made by looking at the construction of the new psychological diagnosis Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Swedish media, and relating it to a current trend seen in medicine; to medicalize women’s underperformance. READ MORE