Mental Health Symptoms in Oral Contraceptive Users During Short-Term Hormone Withdrawal.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hormonal contraception has been linked to mood symptoms and the ability to recognize emotions after short periods of treatment, whereas the mental health of users of long-term hormonal contraceptives has had limited investigation.

Objective

To evaluate whether short-term hormonal withdrawal, which users of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) undergo once a month (pill pause), was associated with altered mood and emotional recognition in long-term users of COCs.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study included a community sample of individuals assigned female sex at birth who identified as women and used COC for 6 months or longer. The control group included women with natural menstrual cycles who otherwise fulfilled the same inclusion crit

SUBMITTER: Noachtar IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10534273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature