Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer (2024 Revised and Updated Edition)

by Carol Tavris

suffering from depressive episodes received four to twelve weeks of estrogen or placebo found a 60 to 75 percent improvement in the estrogen group versus a 20 to 30 percent improvement for women given placebo.