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Your Birth Control Won’t Cause Depression, Study Finds

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Emily is a fact checker, editor, and writer who has expertise in psychology content. Westend61/Getty Images Women take various things into account when deciding which birth control method is right for them, such as convenience, lifestyle, family planning, effectiveness, and cost.

When it comes to hormonal contraceptives, another concern might be mental health. But new research from Northwestern Medicine, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry in November, might go some way to ease those worries.

The study, a comprehensive review of published research on contraceptives for women with psychiatric disorders, found that hormonal birth control, such as the pill, IUD, and vaginal ring, don’t cause depression and anxiety disorders.

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