Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1203-1212 , September 2010

The high-sweet-fat food craving among women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Emotional response, implicit attitude and rewards sensitivity

  • Ju-Yu Yen

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shun-Jen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Hung Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Fang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Sheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Chun Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Chung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, 130, Kai-Suan 2RD, Ling-Ya District,Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 7513171; fax: +886 7 7712494.

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 29 January 2010 ,Accepted 7 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.02.006

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1203-1212 , September 2010

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