Increased risk of mental illness and suicide in oral contraceptive and hormone replacement therapy studies

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-127

  Price, Elizabeth H ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug side effects; Menopause; Neurosis; Oral contraceptives; Post menopausal hormone replacement therapy; Psychosis; Suicide; Synthetic hormones

Indexed keywords

HORMONE DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; NEUROSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031837597     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590849862159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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