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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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What does Dysphoric or dysphoria mean?

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This solution of 173 words provides a discussion of Premenstrual dysphoric disorder : etiology, diagnosis, and definition.

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1)Dysphoria means to be in a state of feeling unwell, unhappy, suffering, sadness.
- In a clinical term, dysphoric can be a disorder when considering the cluster of emotions the patient has and level of severity.

2)An example of Dysphoric state that is clinical is in the new DSM 5 - Prementrual Dysphoric Disorder (PDD)

i)the symptoms must last longer ...

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