Association of use of oral contraceptives with depressive symptoms among adolescents and young women
de Wit AE, Booij SH, Giltay EJ, Joffe H, Schoevers RA, Oldehinkel AJ.
JAMA Psychiatry. Published online October 02, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.2838
This study of over a thousand females found that oral contraceptive use was assiocated with increased depressive symptoms, particularly crying, hypersomnia and eating problems, at 16 years of age.