According to researchers, a good understanding on the premenstrual symptoms will be beneficial for women to handle mitigating bad moods and stress.

 

A study on the impact of stress management on PMS was conducted by two researchers from University of Western Sydney, Jane Ussher, who is a psychology professor and Janette Perz. The study found out that one-to-one as well as self-help therapies had helped the women to cope up PMS in a better fashion.

 

"PMS is a major health problem which causes significant psychological changes such as stress, depression, and an inability to function socially," says Ussher.

 

"By understanding how their bodies work, as well as the patterns of their thoughts and feelings, women can learn to cope better with PMS - which can, in turn, lead to a reduction in their psychological symptoms."

 

As part of the UWS study, women between the ages of 20 and 45 were issued with PMS self-help information packages or recruited to participate in specialist three-month psychological treatment programs.

 

The participants got a chance for getting to know the PMS symptoms and how to tackle them by means of effective relaxation, problem solving and stress management techniques

 

The outcomes of the study indicate that psychological treatments can have a gradual and lasting impact on PMS, said Ussher.