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Dec 19

Contraceptive Pearl: Hormonal Contraceptives and Mood

By Rachel Chisausky, DO Do hormonal contraceptives affect mood? Studies in a general population yield conflicting results, showing decreased, increased, or unchanged depression scores.¹ Limitations of current data include few randomized control trials, small sample sizes, the possible conflation of psychosocial factors associated with contraception initiation, the predominant focus on combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and…

Nov 28

Insights: Supported Decision-Making for Patients with Disabilities That Affect Capacity

Written by Jillian MacLeod This Insights provides information about supported decision-making (SDM), which can be used as a tool in obtaining informed consent from people with disabilities that affect their decision-making capacity, like intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) or cognitive disabilities. A patient’s decision to access abortion or early pregnancy loss care is a significant one. As…

Nov 21

Contraceptive Pearl: Difficult IUD Insertion and Removal

By Lori Atkinson, MD and Maya Bass, MD MA FAAFP With the increased use of long-acting reversible contraception, clinicians are more likely to encounter difficult intrauterine device (IUD) insertions and removals in their practice. Below are a few strategies and techniques to help troubleshoot these procedures.   Difficult IUD Insertions  IUD insertions are most commonly…