# Katharina Dalton

Physician; named premenstrual syndrome and pioneered progesterone therapy · 1916–2004

British physician who first described and named premenstrual syndrome and developed progesterone therapy for PMS and postnatal depression. Her clinical writing, including The Premenstrual Syndrome and Progesterone Therapy, anchors the bioenergetic view of progesterone as a protective, anti-stress steroid.

19 sources · 7 passages · 2 concepts · Top voice in 1 concept

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## In their own words

> The common factor in these apparently unrelated symptoms is their recurrence, always at the same time, in each menstrual cycle.

PMS · The Premenstrual Syndrome and Progesterone Therapy · 1984

> PMS is the presence of recurrent premenstrual symptoms with complete absence in the postmenstruum

Progesterone · The Aetiology of Premenstrual Syndrome Is with the Progesterone Receptors · 1990

## Most cited on

The topics where Katharina Dalton accounts for the most cited passages — the percentage is their share of all cited passages on it. Open any to read the full encyclopedia entry.

- [PMS](https://bioenergeticoracle.com/md/concepts/pms/index.md) — 75%

## Ask about Katharina Dalton

- What did Katharina Dalton discover about premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
- How did Katharina Dalton use progesterone therapy?
- What does Katharina Dalton say about progesterone and postnatal depression?

## Books

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- Once a Month: Understanding and Treating PMS (1999)
- Depression After Childbirth: How to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Postnatal Depression (2001)
- The Premenstrual Syndrome and Progesterone Therapy (1984)