Psychology & Psychiatry
Study looks to help more new mothers with postpartum depression
One in seven mothers suffers from postpartum depression, but for low-income women, the rate is more than twice as high.
Mar 1, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neuroscientists shed light on causes of postpartum depression using new research model
Postpartum depression strikes nearly one in five new mothers, who may experience anxiety, severe fatigue, inability to bond with their children and suicidal thoughts. Such depression has also been associated with infants' ...
Dec 26, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Paving the way to a drug for post-partum depression
For women with postpartum depression—by some estimates, nearly one in five new mothers—the announcement last week of positive results in clinical trials of a drug to help alleviate their symptoms was welcome news.
Nov 15, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hair cortisol levels predict which mothers are more likely to suffer postpartum depression
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), who belong to the Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, from its abbreviation in Spanish) and the Faculty of Psychology, have proven that cortisol levels present ...
Nov 14, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Women who give birth in winter or spring less likely to have postpartum depression
Women who give birth in winter or spring are less likely than women who deliver in the fall or summer to suffer from postpartum depression (PPD), suggests a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2017 annual meeting.
Oct 23, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Team develops iPhone app to screen for postpartum depression
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health have developed the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale (MGHPDS) , a free iPhone application designed to refine how women around ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Postpartum depression risk, duration and recurrence
Postpartum affective disorder (AD), including postpartum depression (PPD), affects more than one in two hundred women with no history of prior psychiatric episodes, and raises the risk of later affective disorder for those ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swings in dad's testosterone affects the family—for better or worse—after baby arrives
Postpartum depression is often associated with mothers, but a new study shows that fathers face a higher risk of experiencing it themselves if their testosterone levels drop nine months after their children are born.
Sep 5, 2017
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Health
Postpartum depression can affect dads – hormones may be to blame
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke Shields, Drew Barrymore and Chrissy Teigen have publicly shared their struggles with feeling sad and hopeless after birth. But when a father ...
Aug 25, 2017
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Health
Why some women are more likely to feel depressed
It's no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are fluctuating. Especially vulnerable times include the menopause transition and onset of postmenopause. There's also postpartum depression ...
Jul 19, 2017
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