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Bland P. Women on hormonal contraception at raised risk of depression. Practitioner 2017;261 (1800):9

Women on hormonal contraception at raised risk of depression

23 Jan 2017Registered users

Women who use hormonal contraception are more likely to become depressed, a large Danish prospective cohort study has found. The cohort comprised all adolescents and women aged between 15 and 34 who were resident in Denmark and without a previous history of depression, antidepressant use, other major psychiatric diagnosis, cancer, venous thrombosis or infertility treatment. Data were obtained from national registers of dispensed prescriptions and secondary care psychiatric diagnoses.

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