Our research
2023 PMDD Survey
PMDA developed the questionnaire in February 2023. Individuals were recruited via social media platforms that are concerned with PMDD and the Western Australian Mental Health Commission’s electronic newsletter, ‘Stakeholder connect: Lived Experience Scoop’. The link requested that people living with PMDD or those who love someone living with PMDD complete the survey via the link provided. Respondents were informed that they could withhold their name if they did not wish to share and were provided no compensation for completing the survey.
Our mission
It is our mission to improve the lives of Australian PMDD patients, their carers, and families, by way of advocacy, education, resources, and support - striving towards improved long-term outcomes for women's mental health and for all those affected by hormone-based mental health conditions.
Our vision
We envision a future where female reproductive health & mental health, are no longer considered independent of each other; a future where all women*, have an equal opportunity to experience quality of life & well-being - throughout their reproductive lifetime.
Core values
- Advocacy through lived experience
- Education
- Support & safety
- Equality
- Diversity & inclusion
- Collaborate to change
Our promise to you
- Advocate for awareness
- Represent individuals with our lived experience
- Expand and adapt the work of IAPMD it into a context for Australians
- Collaborate with industry & sector target publics
- Promote & drive systemic changeInfluence policy & federal funding
- Build & establish peer-support & crisis support systems
- Improve menstrual & mental health education
- Influence provider diagnosis protocols to improve early intervention & treatment outcomes
- Generate & drive further research towards increased understanding
- Improve treatments and work towards a cure