Depression, anxiety and certain other mental health conditions are more common among infertile couples than those who are able to conceive on their own, a small study suggests.
The findings, say researchers, imply that routine mental health screening could benefit patients being treated for infertility.
While most of the 81 infertile couples in the study did not suffer from any of the psychiatric conditions the researchers
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Depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders are more common among infertile couples, suggests a small study published in the December 2008 issue of Fertility and Sterility.
While most of the 81 infertile couples assessed in the study did not suffer from any sort of disorder, as a group, they did suffer from mental disorders at a higher rate than the 70 fertile couples studied.
The biggest difference
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Almost half of young adults have suffered from some sort of mental disorder in the past year, according to a new survey. Few sought treatment, however.
The survey of more than 5,000 young adults aged 19 to 25 found that mental disorders were common among that age group, regardless of whether they were in college or not. Also, neither group was likely to have gotten treatment. Overall, only a quarter of the young adults surveyed
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