Once a Month: Understanding and Treating PMS

by Katharina Dalton

Surveys show that 75 percent of women experience some aspect of PMS. This new edition of Once a Month discusses the most common symptoms, offers self-help strategies, and includes new information on the effects of PMS on osteoporosis.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1979

Reviews

[nicole]

katharina dalton is the leading expert on pms. do you know why? because she is the one who invented the term. inevitably, every year or so, dalton puts out another "revised" version of her iconic text from decades ago, once a month.

if you already believe that "pms" severely and adversely affects women and all who surround them, don't bother reading this book. you probably already agree with everything she says.

[Jess]

Had it not been for the 1940's views on heterosexual relationships and women in general; had it not been from the total absence of lesbian perspectives and concerns; had it not been for the more than slight emphasis that women are just plain crazy if they have "untreated" PMS, this book would have been pretty good.

I would love to see a truly update text with far more attention given to the three-hour starch diet. It is heavily emphasized and then given less than 10 pages of analysis.

[Rye Thomasdatter]

An older text. Possibly even outdated but I would still recommend this book to my female friends just to learn about the depths of PMS for edification and entertainment. I am still bewildered remembering the cases Dalton comes across.

[Stephanie]

Great info but a lot of repeat.