Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is characterized by mood symptoms during the premenstrual phase that remit when?

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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is characterized by mood symptoms during the premenstrual phase that remit when?

PMDD mood symptoms arise in the luteal phase and resolve when menstruation begins. The onset of menses marks the end of the luteal phase, so symptoms remit at that time. The other options don’t fit because remission occurs with the start of menses, not after ovulation, not merely “during” the luteal phase, and not after the first week of menses.

PMDD mood symptoms arise in the luteal phase and resolve when menstruation begins. The onset of menses marks the end of the luteal phase, so symptoms remit at that time. The other options don’t fit because remission occurs with the start of menses, not after ovulation, not merely “during” the luteal phase, and not after the first week of menses.

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