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Psychological Implications of PCOS

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Metabolic Aspects of PCOS

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Abstract

Quality of life (QoL) is widely considered an important parameter for evaluating the quality and outcome of health care, particularly for patients suffering from chronic disorders: polycystic ovary syndrome is one of these.

Clinical symptoms of PCOS could compromise women’s quality of life and have a strong negative effect on mood, psychological well-being, and sexual satisfaction.

The “American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists” suggests that, in view of the high prevalence rate of depression and persistence of new cases in PCOS population, an initial evaluation of all PCOS women should also include assessment of mental health disorders.

In this chapter, both psychological implications of PCOS symptoms and their correlation with mental disorders are largely explained.

An erratum to this chapter is available at 10.1007/978-3-319-16760-2_7

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16760-2_7

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Ando’, A., D’Alessandro, A.M. (2015). Psychological Implications of PCOS. In: Metabolic Aspects of PCOS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16760-2_4

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