The weeks and months following childbirth bring profound physical, emotional, and psychological changes that can overwhelm even the most prepared new parents. While some degree of mood fluctuation, ...

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A North Andover police officer who was shot this week in an armed confrontation with her fellow officers had been involuntarily committed for treatment of postpartum depression in March, less than a ...

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Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are two distinct but potentially severe mental health conditions that can affect people after childbirth. Although both can occur in the postpartum ...

A certain amount of sadness and overwhelm is completely natural after giving birth. Here’s how to recognize if what you’re feeling is actually postpartum depression, and the things that can make it ...

Therapy and antidepressants are first-line treatments for postpartum depression. People may also benefit from neurosteroid therapy, although more research on its long-term effects is necessary.

It’s completely normal to feel overwhelmed after a postpartum depression (PPD) diagnosis, especially when you’re already navigating the seemingly endless needs of a newborn. Your medical treatment ...

Angelica Tong summarises a systematic review on the global prevalence of major depressive disorder during the peripartum ...

Early screening can serve as prevention, but only if we connect at-risk patients to care, writes Dr. Uruj Kamal Haider.

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a type of major depressive disorder (MDD) that can start after childbirth. When symptoms begin 6 weeks or later postpartum, it’s often called delayed or late-onset PPD.