Abstract
Objective: To analyze the prevalence of mental disorders in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome and to verify the most evident psychiatric alterations. Methodology: This is a systematic review study and the inclusion criteria were: observational studies, published as of the year 2013 that presented a control group. Results: Eleven articles were obtained for the final sample. Regarding depression, nine of the eleven articles (82%) showed that there is a higher percentage of depressive patients in the group of women with PCOS compared to the control group. Facing the anxiety clinic, it was observed that six of the seven articles (86%) showed that there is a higher percentage of patients with PCOS anxiety compared to the control (mean = 22.3) was slightly higher in comparison with the group control (mean = 17.9). Conclusion: Our study identifies high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in women with PCOS compared to control group.