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Announces that premenstrual syndrome is not just a woman's disorder anymore because husbands and boyfriends may also be rocked by what's been called the 'world's most commonest disease.' Men making adjustments to partners with PMS; Changes in emotional behavior of men; Comments from family therapist Leslie L. Feinauer and Rebecca Ryser; Marital distress; 'The curse.'

By PT Staff, published on March 01, 1993

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Premenstrual syndrome is not just a woman's disorder anymore. Husbands andboyfriends may also be rocked by what's been called the "world's most commonest disease." As they make adjustments to partners with PMS, men experience their own changes in emotional behavior, and both feel marital distress, report Salt Lake city family therapists Leslie L. Feinauer, Ph.D., and Rebecca Ryser, Ph.D. Their scores on marital adjustment tests plummet; disagreements increase. A couple's relationship deteriorates most during the luteal, or ovulating, stage of the menstrual cycle. No wonder why they call it "the curse."