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Our Journey

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“Advocacy is empathy, compassion and community at work. True advocacy is based on understanding and empowering others.” –Janna Cachola

Coming Up!

May 3, 2025

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Receiving award for PMDD advocacy at
Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale University

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June 6-7, 2025

Columbia, Missouri

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Forum Christian Church

PMDD Awareness Table

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June 11-13, 2025

NAMICon Virtual Conference

Christina Bohn Foundation
Virtual Exhibitor Booth

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June 14, 2025

East St. Louis, IL

Community Baby Shower

PMDD Awareness Booth

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July 17, 2025

Columbia, MO

Missouri Suicide Prevention Conference

PMDD Awareness Booth

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August 27, 2025

Jefferson City, MO

Missouri State Employees Charitable Campaign Kick-off PMDD Awareness Booth

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October 4, 2025

Twin Lakes Recreation Area
Columbia, MO

Christina Bohn Memorial 5K for PMDD Awareness

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November 2-3, 2025

Missouri School Counselor Association Fall Conference
Osage Beach

PMDD Awareness Booth

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2025

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January 18, 2025

We met Joel Geisz at a friend's birthday party. He shared with us that he added Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) to his curriculum at the high school where he teaches. He heard about Christina and PMDD from our friend who knew Christina.

 

Joel said, "Christina's story resonated with me. I am married and have four daughters (and a son) and hearing that PMDD can be so disruptive, even to the point of suicide, was disturbing. I teach anatomy & physiology as well as medical terminology to high school students. My classes generally are populated by girls more than boys. So, I have a platform and an audience for at least bringing PMDD to the attention of a population of girls (and boys who may be boyfriends, future husbands, and fathers)."  Click here to read Joel's full story.

 

Joel has been sharing Christina's story and raising awareness of PMDD for the past three years! We gave Joel 600 PMDD information cards to share with his students. Thank you Joel for helping raise awareness of PMDD!

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January 27, 2025

Gave a private PMDD presentation over Zoom.

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February 26, 2025

Participated in a crisis intervention focus group for Washington University and discussed PMDD.

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March 18, 2025

Recorded a podcast interview for The Daily Blend with AC talk show, on KBIA national public radio station. Discussed PMDD and shared Christina's story.

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April 17, 2025

Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Business in Motion Expo – PMDD awareness booth

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April 24, 2025

Marybeth was invited to share Christina's story and speak about PMDD at Rachel Lynn Fox's book launch on Roosevelt Island, New York. Rachel's book, From Cursed to Cured, discusses how to treat PMDD naturally.

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February 13, 2024

Philantropic Education Organization (POE) Meeting

Columbia, Missouri

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March 8, 2024

Kyndryl US Leadership Development Team - PMDD Presentation

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March 27, 2024

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prevention in Focus Webinar - "Is it more than PMS? Learn about PMDD."

Sandi MacDonald, co-founder and executive director for IAPMD, and

Marybeth Bohn, vice president of the Board of Directors for IAPMD

Four hundred registered for this webinar, which is posted online at https://prevention.nih.gov/education-training/prevention-focus-webinars/it-more-pms-learn-about-pmdd and on YouTube.

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April 27, 2024

University of Missouri, University Hospital Light Up

In honor of Christina and PMD Rememberance Day

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June 6, 2024

The Problem with Perfect Podcast with host Robin May – “The Cost of Suffering from PMDD: A Mother’s Story of Her Daughter’s Struggle” – posted June 11, 2024

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June 15, 2024

Maternal Outcomes Matter Shower (MOMS) Event

East St. Louis, Illinois – PMDD awareness table

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July 2, 2024

Tampa Bay Times article by Lauren Peace, “It’s not just PMS: For some, periods come with severe mental health effects” – Christina is discussed in the section “Suicide risk and treatment.”

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July 3, 2024

KFF Health News article by Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times, “Beyond PMD: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women” – Christina is discussed in the section “Suicide risk and treatment.”

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July 13, 2024

MOMS Event, Missouri Gateway Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ Headquarters Nazareth Temple, St. Louis – PMDD awareness table

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July 20, 2024

Community Day

North County Police Cooperative St. Louis

PMDD awareness booth

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August 3, 2024

REST Outreach Ministry Community Carnival, Hillsdale, Missouri

PMDD Booth 

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September 1, 2024 and September 9, 2024

Private Zoom meetings with parents about PMDD

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September 28, 2024

Organized Christina Bohn Memorial 5k for PMDD Awareness

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September 28, 2024

Dinner and Fireside Chat

Post-5K Gathering for women with PMDD and healthcare professionals and educators at the Bohn’s home

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October 1, 2024

Invited to post an article about PMDD in the Kyndryl Global Social Impact Community.

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October 2, 2024

University of Missouri, University Hospital Light Up​

In honor of Christina and Missouri PMDD Awareness Day

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October 9, 2024

Received certificate of incorporation from the State of Missouri approving the organization of the Christina Bohn Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the purpose to raise awareness of and provide education surrounding women's mental health and menstrual health issues, and suicide prevention.

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October 19-20, 2024

Yale University, Students with Psychosis Conference

Parents Panel (we spoke about menstrual psychosis) and Poster Presentation

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October 24, 2024

Private Zoom call with mother of daughter who died by suicide due to having PMDD

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November 21, 2024

Is It More than PMS? Learn about PMDD

Article written by Marybeth Bohn for the Trail Sisters website, https://trailsisters.net/2024/11/21/is-it-more-than-pms-learn-about-pmdd/

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2023

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March 19, 2023

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Fireside - Lehi, Utah

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March 21, 2023

Missouri State Capitol, Missouri House of Representatives

Testified before the Healthcare Reform Committee regarding Christina’s Bill 885 – PMDD Awareness

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April 26, 2023

Christina's story was featured at the PMDD Awareness Event, Seneda Cymru Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay, Wales, UK

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April 28-29, 2023

Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale University

Session: Premenstrual Disorders – Connect the Dots Between Hormones and Mental Health

Poster Session: Premenstrual Disorders, PMDD

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May 2, 2023

KOMU News Report, “A great liar and a great thief: Senate bill would create a day for PMDD Awareness”

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June 27, 2023

Virtual presentation for Texas Friends

July 1, 2023

Maternal Outcomes Matter Shower (MOMS)

East St. Louis, Illinois

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September 19, 2023

IMPACT Rotary Club Meeting, Columbia, Missouri

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October 2, 2023

Met with Material Mortality Review Board

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

October 2, 2023

Missouri State Capitol

PMDD Awareness Day Event

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October 5, 2023

KOMU News, “Invisible for too long: How one woman inspired nation’s first PMDD Awareness Day”

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October 13, 2023

Interviewed by Kate Basi

author of local Catholic Newsletter

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October 25, 2023

Kyndryl Costa Rica Women's Organization - PMDD Presentation

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December 29, 2023

Missouri Department of Corrections

Presentation for Morgan Yarnell, Manager

Trauma Informed Transformation for Offenders

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November 11, 2021

Included PMDD information cards in Christina's funeral program and sent programs to many who could not attend the funeral in person.

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January 19, 2022

Brigham Young University, College of Nursing

PMDD Podcast

March 7, 2022

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University of Missouri, School of Nursing Faculty Meeting

April 13, 2022

University of Missouri Health Care Virtual Lunch & Learn

April 22, 2022

University of Missouri, School of Nursing Gynecology Class

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June 26, 2022

Postpartum Support International

Climb Out of the Darkness Community Walk

Stephens Lake Park

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June 26, 2022

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Women's Mental Health Fireside

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July 5, 2022

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Meeting with area church leaders, Blanding, Utah

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August 24, 2022

Interview with the Washington Post for article about PMDD: “Their PMS mood swings were terrible. It was actually PMDD”

Christina and “Christina’s Questions” are discussed near the end of the article.

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September 12, 2022

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Meeting

Broadway Christian Church, Columbia, MO

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October 13, 2022

Advanced Practice Assessment and Skills Workshop Nurse Practitioner Conference, University of Missouri School of Nursing

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November 1, 2022

Virtual private PMDD presentation for Patty Lewis (D-Kansas City), member of the Missouri House of Representatives, and her legislative assistant Jacob Bauer

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November 7, 2022

Columbia Public Schools

Counselors Meeting, Field Elementary School

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November 14, 2022

Virtual presentation for the Anxiety & Depression Clinic of Columbia

This clinic would like to be the PMDD hub in Columbia.

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December 20, 2022

Private presentation for Ann Juengermann, Director

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri

Missouri Orthopaedic Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Joel Geisz's PMDD Advocacy

January 28, 2025

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I learned of Christina's story shortly after her passing in 2021. My wife (Patti) and I met Greg and Susan Renoe in Galena, Illinois for a little getaway in mid-November, just a couple of weeks after Christina passed away. Susan shared her story with us while it was still very raw and painful.

 

Christina's story resonated with me. I am married and have four daughters (and a son) and hearing that PMDD can be so disruptive, even to the point of suicide, was disturbing. I teach anatomy & physiology as well as medical terminology to high school students. My classes generally are populated by girls more than boys. So, I have a platform and an audience for at least bringing PMDD to the attention of a population of girls (and boys who may be boyfriends, future husbands, and fathers).

 

Upon returning from our trip, I updated my notes in medicalterminology for the reproductive system chapter in the section where we were going over terms for disorders and diagnostic terms relating to the female reproductive system. PMDD is mentioned in our book, but very briefly along with PMS and various other menstrual irregularities (dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, menorrhagia, etc).

 

I added a bit of information to the slides I present about PMDD. More importantly, when I reach the slide about PMDD I tell Christina's story. Her story resonates with my students and they often have questions related to why nobody figured out what was going on before it was too late. I try to make the point that her story could have turned out differently with a quicker diagnosis and treatment plan but that would require healthcare professionals to be aware that this is even a diagnosis. I have also begun to include Christina's story in my anatomy & physiology classes since that gives me an even wider audience.

 

While I do not know of any girls who have sought treatment or have self-identified as having PMDD, I am hopeful that having at least heard of it once in their life, maybe it will be the difference-maker for some of my students in the future.

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