The following publications provide more information on premenstrual dysphoric disorder and its treatment. Unless otherwise noted, these can be obtained through bookstores and libraries.

Continuing Medical Education Course

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Jefferson JW. Continuing Medical Education Course co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and the Madison Institute of Medicine, 2008. The content of this course is FREE for anyone to view. Read through course. Healthcare professionals interested in receiving CME credits will need to REGISTER for this activity.

Nontechnical literature

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Guide. Jefferson JW, Endicott J, Greist JH, Katzelnick DJ. Information Centers, Madison Institute of Medicine^®, Madison, WI, 2002. Available from the Madison Institute of Medicine, $5.95.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (excerpt from "Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Depression in Women"). Postgraduate Medicine Special Report March:108-109, 2001. Text available online (PDF).

PMDD: A Guide to Coping with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Huston JE, Fujitsubo LC. New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA, 2002.

The PMDD Phenomenon: Breakthrough Treatments for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Extreme Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). Dell DL, Svec C. McGraw Hill, New York, 2002.

Women's Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health. Sichel D, Driscoll JW. Quill, New York, 1999.

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Technical literature

Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health. Burt VK, Hendrick VC. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 2005.

Depression in Women: Mood Disorders Associated with Reproductive Cyclicity. Steiner M, Yonkers K. Martin Dunitz, London, 1998.

Diagnosis and Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Endicott J. T.E.N.: The Economics of Neuroscience 3(6):44-47, 2001. Text available online (PDF).

Mood Disorders in Women. Steiner M, Yonkers KA, Eriksson E (eds). Martin Dunitz, London, 2000.

Premenstrual Dysphorias: Myths and Realities. Gold JH, Severino SK (eds). American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1994.

The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS and PMDD. Shaughn O'Brien PM, Rapkin AJ, Schmidt RJ (eds). Informa Healthcare, London, 2007.

Psychiatric Illness in Women: Emerging Treatments and Research. Lewis-Hall F, Panetta JA, Williams TS, Herrera JM (eds). American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 2002.

Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Stotland NL, Stewart DE (eds). American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 2nd ed. 2001.

Women's Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook. Korstein SG, Clayton AH (eds). Guilford Publications, New York, 2002.

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