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Study suggests hormonal contraception can lead to depression
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30199
Subject(s) - hormonal contraception , medicine , depression (economics) , prospective cohort study , hormone , cohort , cohort study , psychiatry , family planning , population , environmental health , research methodology , economics , macroeconomics
A nationwide prospective cohort study conducted in Denmark has found an association between young women's use of hormonal contraceptives and subsequent use of antidepressants and a first diagnosis of depression. The association was found to be strongest among adolescents.

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