Among women who did not use hormonal birth control, an average of 1.7 out of 100 began taking anti-depressants in a given year. That rate increased to 2.2 out of 100 if the women took birth control. It’s the first study to conclude there might be a link between birth control and depression, author Øjvind Lidegaard told The Washington Post. It boiled down to this: The study, which analyzed the medical records of one million Danish women ages 15 to 34, revealed a correlation between depression and birth control, but it didn’t directly explore — or prove — that it was the birth control that explicitly caused that depression. The average woman need not immediately halt use of all birth control methods — but they should be informed about what they’re putting in their bodies.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2016 11:39 UTC