The suicide rates between hormonal contraceptive users and non-users were similarly high in the group between the ages of 15-19, though suicide rates are higher in younger women in general.Īccording to the findings, women not using contraceptives had a 37 percent greater odds of attempting suicide in comparison with those using hormonal contraceptives. What the study found is that suicide rates dropped in older age groups, with a great drop in those who use hormonal contraceptives users as opposed to non-users. Elana Toffol, the purpose of the research was actually to verify the previous data, so their actual findings came as a surprise. About half of the women included in the study reported the use of hormonal contraceptives, such as pills, patches, or rings. The study looked at more than 587,000 women (about half of the women between the ages of 15-49 in Finland). The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki, who used several Finnish databases to compare attempted suicide rates from the years 2017 to 2019 of those who use hormonal contraceptives and those who do not. Ami Baxi, a psychiatrist at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Prior studies suggested that hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts, however, this large European study shows that the rates of suicide attempts in women using hormonal contraception are in fact lower than in women who did not use hormonal contraception,” said Dr.
“This study reviews the complex relationship between hormonal contraceptives - including pills, implants, patches, and rings - and suicidal behavior.
This newer research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, has shown that the rates of attempted suicides in women using hormonal contraception are actually lower than in women who do not use hormonal contraception. Up until recently, however, research stated that hormonal contraception use doubled the risk of suicide attempts, and tripled the risk of suicide, according to a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry.īut new a new observational study, which was recently presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry, may actually be flipping the previous thinking on its head. Hormonal contraceptives are among the most widely used pharmaceutical products in the nation.
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