Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Emotional Processing and Oxytocin Mechanisms in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Pilot Study
Brief Summary: This research study will look at differences among women with severe premenstrual mood symptoms. One goal of this study is to look at how the brains of two groups of these women respond to emotional information. The two groups are women who were abused early in life and women who were not. The study will use a brain scan to look at how certain areas of the brain respond to the viewing of words and pictures. Another goal of this study is to look at the effects of taking a nasal spray containing oxytocin (a hormone made in the brain) on those same brain areas during the viewing of words and pictures. Also, the investigators will look at whether oxytocin given in the nose improves premenstrual mood symptoms.