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One in four American women now take psychiatric medications. But is that because of their hormones? Psychiatristargues that depression is increasingly stigmatised as a feminine illness, resulting in drug companies targeting women. But monthly blues caused by fluctuating hormones are normal – and women don't need daily antidepressants in order to mask them Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, the Sleep You're Missing, the Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy by Julie Holland is published by Harper Collins