Sexual Abuse and Perimenstrual Symptoms in Adolescent Girls.

Investigates the relationship between sexual abuse and perimenstrual symptoms in female patients (N=68) from an outpatient adolescent health service. Twenty-two participants reported a history of forced sexual experience. No significant differences were found in retrospective or prospective reports of perimenstrual sympstoms. Girls with a history of abuse had significantly more premenstrual symptoms and more menstrual physical complaints. (Author/MKA)