Rapkin A J, Chang L C, Reading A E
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine.
Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Oct;74(4):644-9.
Women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) report symptoms that resemble those of affective disorder. In depression, there is an alteration in cognitive processing and performance such that dysphoric material is retrieved more readily and the ability to concentrate and sustain attention and motivation is impaired. To determine whether PMS leads to changes in information processing similar to those accompanying depression, ten subjects with PMS and nine controls were subjected to psychological testing, selective and incidental recall tests, and measures of cognitive performance during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. Women with PMS failed to show the characteristic cognitive changes that usually accompany depression. Despite substantial symptomatology, there were no significant differences in cognitive functioning between PMS subjects and controls.
患有经前综合征（PMS）的女性报告的症状与情感障碍的症状相似。在抑郁症中，认知加工和表现会发生改变，使得烦躁不安的内容更容易被提取，并且注意力集中、持续注意力和动机的能力会受到损害。为了确定经前综合征是否会导致类似于抑郁症的信息加工变化，对10名患有经前综合征的受试者和9名对照组进行了心理测试、选择性和偶发性回忆测试，以及月经周期卵泡期和黄体期的认知表现测量。患有经前综合征的女性并未表现出通常伴随抑郁症的典型认知变化。尽管有大量症状，但经前综合征受试者和对照组在认知功能上没有显著差异。
