Pill increases risk of depression in teenage girls by 130 per cent, say researchers

Use of the contraceptive Pill increases the risk of depression in women by up to 130 per cent, according to new researcher.

A study in the Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, journal published by Cambridge University Press, also found that the risk of developing a permanent problem with depression was highest among women who used the Pill from an early age.

The increased risk for depression was also high particularly in the first two years of taking the oral contraceptive.

The study involved examining data taken from birth to menopause of more than a quarter of a million women from the UK Biobank.