Citation

Luggin R, Bernsted L, Petersson B, Jacobsen AT. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1984; 69(6): 461-465.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

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PMID

6540037

Abstract

A study of menstrual cycle phase on the day of acute admission to a psychiatric hospital for 121 women ages 20-39 showed an unequal distribution of admissions. More admissions than expected took place in the menstrual period, and correspondingly fewer intermenstrually. The difference was significant, and points to a certain degree of cyclicity in female psychiatric disturbance. This cyclicity was not significantly influenced by age, diagnosis, oral contraceptives, or tendency for premenstrual symptoms. In the 20-39 year age group, 1 1/2 times as many men as women are admitted to Danish psychiatric departments. Thus, in view of a common baseline, the most conspicuous feature is that remarkably few women were admitted intermenstrually.

Language: en