Postpartum depression, a mental health condition affecting millions of new mothers, may soon be easier to diagnose and treat, ...

“I remember feeling shocked that I’d never heard of postpartum anxiety.” Postpartum depression has become widely known, in ...

Odds of postpartum depression are reduced by 45 percent in individuals who engaged in postpartum exercise, according to a review published online Nov. 5 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Andy ...

Physician mothers may experience perinatal mood disorders at twice the rate of the general population. The culture of ...

After losing his wife, Alexis, to PPD, Steven D'Achille has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the condition.

The birth of your 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 ...

Depression and anxiety can also occur together, and it's not clear how exercise affects this combination, they add. But they conclude: "Overall, postpartum exercise reduced the severity of depressive ...

The study was published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Since postpartum weight retention is associated with ...

The 35-year-old lawyer was recently diagnosed with postpartum depression after her husband John encouraged her to get help for her suicidal thoughts. "I had the thought in the middle of the night ...

In comparison with the vast epidemiological literature on postpartum depression (PPD), relatively few studies have examined the biological aspects of the disorder. However, research into the ...

The New York mom who threw her two small children and herself over the Niagara Falls, and then jumped to her own presumed death, had been suffering from postpartum depression, her cousin told The ...