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Human Reproduction 2008 23(9):2056-2063; doi:10.1093/humrep/den154
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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in infertile women and men undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment

H. Volgsten1,3, A. Skoog Svanberg1, L. Ekselius2, Ö. Lundkvist1 and I. Sundström Poromaa1

1 Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

3 Correspondence address. Tel: +46-18-611-57-87; Fax: +46-18-55-97-75; E-mail: helena.volgsten{at}kbh.uu.se

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in infertile women and men undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.

METHODS: Participants were 1090 consecutive women and men, 545 couples, attending a fertility clinic in Sweden during a two-year period. The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD), based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edn (DSM-IV), was used as the diagnostic tool for evaluating mood and anxiety disorders.

RESULTS: Overall, 862 (79.1%) subjects filled in the PRIME-MD patient questionnaire. Any psychiatric diagnosis was present in 30.8% of females and in 10.2% of males in the study sample. Any mood disorder was present in 26.2% of females and 9.2% of males. Major depression was the most common mood disorder, prevalent in 10.9% of females and 5.1% of males. Any anxiety disorder was encountered in 14.8% of females and 4.9% males. Only 21% of the subjects with a psychiatric disorder according to DSM-IV received some form of treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Mood disorders are common in both women and men undergoing IVF treatment. The majority of subjects with a psychiatric disorder were undiagnosed and untreated.

Key words: depression/anxiety/women/men/in vitro fertilization

Submitted on November 13, 2007; resubmitted on March 20, 2008; accepted on April 8, 2008.


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