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Ovarian Function and Disorders · Journal article
Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health · August 1, 2026
A consensus or society position rather than new primary data.
This is an expert opinion and guidance paper proposing that PCOS be reconceptualized as a polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) with integrated psychiatric care. The authors recommend that consultation-liaison psychiatrists play a central role in multidisciplinary teams addressing psychiatric manifestations as core disease features rather than secondary reactions.
Journal article. Individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), proposed as PMOS, with psychiatric comorbidities.
Psychiatric symptoms (depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image disturbances, reduced quality of life) should be viewed as integral components of PMOS disease expression, not solely secondary reactions C-L psychiatrists should deliver early mental health screening, integrated biopsychosocial assessment, individualized psychopharmacological planning, and behavioural interventions within multidisciplinary teams
C-L psychiatrists should deliver early mental health screening, integrated biopsychosocial assessment, individualized psychopharmacological planning, and behavioural interventions within multidisciplinary teams
Clinicians managing PCOS should consider integrated psychiatric assessment and collaborative care as standard practice. This framework encourages psychiatrists and endocrinologists to work together to address psychiatric manifestations as intrinsic to disease biology rather than psychological sequelae.
This is a conceptual framework and expert recommendation paper proposing integration of psychiatric care in PCOS/PMOS management, not a clinical trial or evidence synthesis with quantified outcomes.
Clinicians managing PCOS should consider integrated psychiatric assessment and collaborative care as standard practice. This framework encourages psychiatrists and endocrinologists to work together to address psychiatric manifestations as intrinsic to disease biology rather than psychological sequelae.
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The proposed renaming of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) represents more than a change in terminology; it reflects an evolving understanding of the disorder as a complex neuroendocrine-metabolic condition rather than an isolated ovarian disease. Advances in the understanding of hypothalamic dysregulation, insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, altered hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal signalling, adipose tissue dysfunction, and central nervous system involvement support a systems-based model in which reproductive, metabolic, endocrine, and psychiatric manifestations arise from shared biological mechanisms. This conceptual shift has important implications for consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry. Psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image disturbances, and reduced quality of life should no longer be viewed solely as secondary psychological reactions to infertility or cosmetic concerns but as integral components of disease expression. Consequently, C-L psychiatrists should play a central role within multidisciplinary psychoneuroendocrine teams through early mental health screening, integrated biopsychosocial assessment, individualized psychopharmacological planning, behavioural interventions, fertility-related psychiatric counselling, and collaborative care. Recognizing PMOS through this integrated framework offers an opportunity to strengthen endocrine-psychiatry partnerships, improve treatment adherence and patient-centred outcomes, and stimulate future research into biologically informed subphenotypes and multidisciplinary interventions.
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