• Mostafa Ahmadi, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Zahra Basirat, Farzan Kheirkhah, Mohammad Chehrazi, and Fatemeh Ashabi.
• Student Research Committee, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R.Iran.
• Afr Health Sci. 2020 Sep 1; 20 (3): 1241-1249.

BackgroundPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common causes of infertility in women.ObjectiveThe current study investigated mental and personality disorders in infertile women with and without PCOS.MethodsThis case-control study evaluated 400 infertile women who referred to the Infertility Center in Babol city (North of Iran). Participants were categorized into the case group (201 PCOS) and the control group (199 without PCOS). All of the participants completed the Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory-III (MCMI-III).ResultsThe mean scores for clinical personality patterns were significantly higher for six personality disorders (schizoid, avoidant, antisocial, depressive, sadistic, and negativistic) and for three classes of severe personality disorder patterns (schizotypal, borderline, and paranoid) in infertile women with PCOS than in women without PCOS. The mean scores for eight clinical disorders (somatoform, manic disorder, dysthymia, alcohol-dependence, drug-dependence, post-trauma stress disorder, major depression, and delusion disorder) were also higher in infertile women with PCOS than in women without PCOS.ConclusionThe scores of many mental and personality disorders are higher in infertile women with PCOS than in women without PCOS. Thus, clinicians should prioritize recognizing and treating psychological problems of infertile women with PCOS.© 2020 Ahmadi M et al.

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