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Hormonal contraceptive use associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the brown university psychopharmacology update

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1556-7532

pISSN - 1068-5308

DOI - 10.1002/pu.30301

Subject(s) - medicine , suicide risk , prospective cohort study , hormonal contraception , hormone , cohort study , cohort , psychiatry , population , obstetrics , family planning , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , research methodology , environmental health

Use of hormonal contraceptives was positively associated with an increased risk of suicide attempt and suicide, a prospective cohort study conducted in Denmark has found. The highest risk was present among adolescent women, according to the researchers, and the association between hormonal contraceptive use and a first suicide attempt reached its peak after two months of contraceptive use. Study results were published online Nov. 17, 2017, in the American Journal of Psychiatry .

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