Pob - Menstrual Cycle

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Phases of menstrual cycle

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1) Follicular phase

2) Ovulation

3) Luteal phase

4) Menstration

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Hormones of cycle

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Oestrogen - Peak days before and day one of cycle

Progesterone - luteal phase stimulates uterine to prepare

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Follicular phase

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Prepares. Hormones help growth of follicle in ovary. Womb lining thickens, one ovam ready for fertilisation.

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Ovulation

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Egg released. Travels to uterus through fallopian tube and lining grows thicker. Egg degrades after a day.

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Luteal phase

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Hormones stimulate uterine lining for prep. Lining is shed if egg not fertilised.

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Menstration

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Lining shed. Egg passed.

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Focus of attention

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Used to be uterus and ovaries.

Now hormones. Backstrom (1983) showing no hormone diff in women with high or low mood changes.

Yonkes et al (2008) if decrease in progesterone was cause then adding more would fix pms symptoms but they dont

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What is pre menstrual syndrome (pms)?

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No single definiton (o'brien 1987)

Not a disease or syndrome (due to 200 different symptoms) Budieri (1994)

Walker (1997) not predictable.

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3 theories of pms

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Endocrine theories - dysfunction of ovarian endocrinology, progesterone is key factor

Neuroendoctrine theories - dysfunction of neurotransmitters like serotonin

Interactive theories - biopsychosocial esque approach (Severino 1993)

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Pms symptoms excusing women from jailtime

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University of chicago - psychiactric diagnosis for multiple women of pms to reduce murder charges to manslaughter, finding not guilty, etc

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Social darwinism

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(Virchow, 1848) men can control their bodies with their minds. Women are controlled by their bodies.

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Laws (1985)

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Pms women's self help.

Calling it a syndrome to continue oppression of women - only acknowledge distress when it is now a mental instability. Gets them murder rates down because they dont know what they are doing, also justifying keeping women out positions of power.

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Gynaecology

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Not interested in women's experience, just pain and distress relating to menstrual cycle (Magos & Studd, 1986)

Being symptom free for 7 days not possible so big critique here (Bancroft, 1993) as time is focused on

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Psychiatry

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'Mental disease' only (o'brien 1987)

Symptoms also important with time, diff of 30% in mood score with pre and post menstruation (Schnurr 1989)

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Deficit model

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Originated from medicine and psychoanalysis

It is a disease here, no research into positive change and says there is a normal

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