New research suggests that increased activity in the brain's amygdala during pregnancy may indicate a higher risk of postpartum depression.

Among privately insured women, diagnoses of postpartum anxiety and depression did not increase following onset of the ...

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil, PhD, got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what ...

As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care ...

New research from the University of Georgia suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may have had an unexpected side effect for postpartum women: more benzodiazepine prescriptions.

At a recent conference in France, a gynecologist reviewed the available treatments for stabilizing mood fluctuations during ...

Medical experts say perinatal or postpartum mood and anxiety disorder, also known as P-MADS, can be as common as 1 in 7 women ...

Depression affects about 10% of "women of reproductive age," according to the Centers for Disease Control, and "about one in 8 women with a recent live birth reported symptoms of postpartum ...

Researchers have discovered that a brain network involved in reward processing and attention to stimuli is markedly bigger in people with depression, remains stable over time, is unaffected by ...

Vaping, a habit shared by millions of Americans, is linked to depression, new research shows. Australian researchers surveyed more than 5,000 students aged 12 to 14 about their mental health ...

She told Newsweek that she believes there is a stigma attached to postpartum bodies. "On social media, we see a lot of 'perfect' or 'ideal' bodies—definitely more so than postpartum bodies," she ...

New brain PET scan data suggests that the same protein plaque buildup in the brain that's associated with Alzheimer's might drive new-onset depression Depressive symptoms might be added to the list of ...