Effectiveness of Nutritional program and cognitive-behavioral training in Anxiety, anger & aggression Premenstrual Syndrome

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common disorder in women that affects their quality-of-life and performance.The present study aimed at studying the therapeutic effectiveness of combined clinical psychology and nutrition on PMS.
This study was performed on 45 women, were randomly divided into three groups1: Cognitive Behavioral Training (CBT), 2: CBT with nutrition, 3: control group, for two months. The nutrition content was adjusted in a form and the subject started two weeks prior to menstruation and followed it up to the end of the menstrual period. Cognitive-behavioral training was provided over 8 90-minute sessions. Data were recorded before and after training and two months follow-up. Anxiety questionnaires (0 to 63 scores), aggression (0 to 90 scores) were used to evaluate the variables.
There was a significant difference in the anxiety (28% reduction in CBT and 31% in CBT and nutrition) and anger (65% reduction in CBT and 55% in CBT and nutrition) variables in both groups except control (p0.05).
The results of this study showed that the use of both CBT and nutritional training methods is effective in controlling anxiety and anger.