A Case of Rapid Cycling Affective Disorder in Patient with Severe Premenstrual Syndrome.
- Author:
Young Chul KIM
1
;
Haing Won WOO
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rapid cycling affective disorder;
SPECT;
Premenstrual syndrome
- MeSH:
Carbamazepine;
Estrogens;
Humans;
Lithium;
Mood Disorders*;
Premenstrual Syndrome*;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1997;36(6):1170-1174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors report a case of rapid cycling affective disorder(RCAD) who has suffered severe premenstrual syndrome since her monarch. Even if what relationship and etiology these disorders may have are undetermined, premenstrual syndrome and RCAD indeed share many characteristics and estrogen may have central role in these disorders. Patient showed a significant decrease of cerebral blood flow of right temporal area on SPECT It is impressive that carbamazepine was more effective than lithium in treatment of this RCAD case.
