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The premenstrual symptoms screening tool (PSST) for clinicians
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Premenstrual symptoms are very common in reproductive-age women, but only a subset experience symptoms that are severe, impairing, and clinically actionable. The clinical challenge is separating “some premenstrual change” from a disorder-level pattern that disrupts functioning and may warrant targeted intervention. The PSST was developed to support that decision-making by capturing both symptom severity and impact, not just symptom presence (Steiner, Macdo
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Source & citation
Steiner, M., Macdougall, M., & Brown, E. (2003). The premenstrual symptoms screening tool (PSST) for clinicians. Archives of women’s mental health, 6(3) , 203-209. Link to article online
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