For about one in seven women, what’s supposed to be the happiest time of their lives turns into something much darker. Postpartum depression (PPD) isn’t just a rough patch or the “baby blues.” It’s a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The birth of a baby is supposed to be one of the most joyous moments of a new mom’s life. But for one in seven new mothers, it’s a time that can be filled with sadness, ...

Editor’s Note: This article was revised in May 2024 to reflect newly available peripartum mental health data and the 2023 ACOG clinical practice guideline pertaining to screening for mental health ...

February 18, 2010 — Depression is prevalent in low-income, urban, postpartum mothers and can be accurately identified using depression screening tools, according to the results of a study reported ...

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 ...

A new mother's missed checkup, an infected cut and a cascade of overlooked warning signs ended in a diagnosis that upended ...

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who dreamed of being a mommy. She wanted, more than anything, to have a child and knew her dream would come true one day. She would sit for hours thinking up ...

"Our study found that lower level[s] of lymphocytes and higher level[s] of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in peripheral blood prior [to] pregnancy are associated with an elevated risk of perinatal ...