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, ...

Research shows mental health problems account for about 23% of maternal deaths in the country.

Postpartum mental health is often overlooked. Learn about signs of depression and anxiety and where to find help.

The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before childbirth. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck covers maternal mental health and ...

Up to 20 percent of women develop a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMAD), such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or (rarely) psychosis, either during pregnancy or in the year ...

Over the course of her career, Susana Carmona, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist at the Gregorio Marañón Institute of Health Research, has used brain imaging to study the distinctive brain ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Postpartum depression rates more than doubled from 2010 to 2021. One in five women will experience a maternal mental health disorder like depression or anxiety, and 20% of ...

While pregnancy care has improved, support after childbirth still falls short. Experts say this "postpartum gap" is affecting ...

Background. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major public health issue that affects not only the new mother, but also her infant and other family members. Postpartum depression has been reported to ...

New postpartum depression research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine could lead to a blood test to identify women at risk and possibly even to a preventive ...