Hormonal birth control may have serious risks. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers in Denmark report that women taking hormonal contraceptives, such as birth control pills, the patch, the ring and hormonal IUDs, have up to triple the risk of suicide as women who have never taken hormonal birth control. Researchers analyzed a national study that tracked all women ages 15 and older who were living in Denmark from 1996-2013. They also looked at prescriptions filled for contraceptives, as well as deaths and causes of death, and compared women taking this type of birth control to women who did not have a history of contraceptive use. The risk of attempting suicide was nearly double that of women who’d never used birth control and triple that for suicide. However, don’t stop using contraceptives just yet —other scientists say the study may not have accounted for all of the potential differences in women who use contraceptives versus those who do not. For example, women using contraceptives are more likely to be in relationships, which might bring along more emotional challenges, especially in younger women

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