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Before The Baby

Prenatal Depression More Likely to Affect Women With a History of Depression, Low Self‑Esteem

Prenatal depression is a form of clinical depression that affects women during pregnancy. Also known as antenatal depression, it is said to be caused by a hormonal imbalance. Hormonal changes...

By Anubhuti Matta

Grin And Bear It

Why ‘Smiling Depression’ Is Particularly Difficult to Identify, Treat

...depression,’ while a colloquial term, closely resembles an official sub-type of depression that deviates from typical depression — atypical depression, or depression with atypical characteristics. On the outside, a person...

Young Women Today More Likely to Have Prenatal Depression Than Their Mothers Were

Depression is on the rise around the world, and new research finds prenatal depression, or depression during pregnancy, is no exception. Today, young pregnant women are 51% more likely to...

By Angelina Shah

Quiet Desperation

The Pandemic Has Caused a Postpartum Depression Crisis in India

...and paused. “… if we made a mistake?” I suggested. No. No, he hadn’t wondered that. He hadn’t wondered that at all. * Postpartum depression affects roughly one in five...

By Liesl Goecker

New Horizon of Treatment

Understanding How People With Depression Make Decisions Can Help Treat Symptoms: Study

...individual, symptoms related to depression may reduce too, according to a new research. The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry on Wednesday, essentially identifies the relationship between depression-related symptoms and the...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Understanding Depression (With A Capital D)

...not Depression; sadness is just one small aspect. Causes of Depression Depression is an illness like any other. Parents often say, “I can’t understand why my daughter/son is depressed. S/he...

By Dr. Pervin Dadachanji

Postnatal Depression in Men Linked to Depression in Teen Daughters

A new study has linked postnatal depression in men to later depression in their teenage daughters. While the findings do not establish that a father’s postnatal depression causes a daughter’s...

By The Swaddle Team

Teen Depression Linked to Dad’s, Not Just Mom’s, Mental Health

...diagnosed with depression) has looked at the link with teen depression, taking into account maternal depression as well. “Men are less likely to seek treatment for depression. If you’re a...

By Karun Bhandanker

Hormone Changes May Drive Postpartum Depression in Men

Postpartum depression in women is starting to get the medical and societal attention it deserves, but postpartum depression in men is still little understood. While paternal postpartum depression has been...

By Karun Bhandanker

Don't Kill the Happy Pill

There’s Still No Scientific Consensus Linking Serotonin With Depression. Why Did the Theory Get So Popular?

...depression, and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations,” the study said. Shortly after this, however, scientists at the Imperial College London...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Struggling with Postpartum Depression in India

...not return to work after the baby.” Rather than get Amrita help for postpartum depression (also known as postnatal depression) her family pressured her to fulfill what they saw as...

By Kamala Thiagarajan

Monsoon Depression is More Than that Rainy Day Feeling

...the risk. And both research and clinical experience show that women are more likely than men to develop seasonal affective disorder symptoms. Seasonal depression causes Monsoon depression — indeed, any...

By Sonali Gupta

Large‑Scale Study: Hormonal Birth Control Doesn’t Cause Depression

...accepted definition of depression. Second, depression is surprisingly common, particularly in women, with as many as 10 to 20% of women developing depression at some point in their lives. (Adolescents...

By Angelina Shah

Waking Up Early Is Linked to Reduced Risk of Depression, Research Suggests

...likely to develop depression and that people with depression are more prone to insomnia. Other genetic studies show that sleep duration influences the heredity of depression. Past research has suggested...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Severe, Long‑Term Depression Can Reduce People’s Brain Volumes: Study

...with in the present. Turns out, depression can have tangible effects on our brains in the long term. Published in Neurobiology and Treatment of Depression, a recent study found that chronic,...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Study Suggests Clinical Depression Is a Progressive Disease

...for more than than 10 years of untreated clinical depression, as well as people who experienced less than 10 years’ depression and people who didn’t suffer from depression at all,...

By Angelina Shah

Postnatal Depression Causes Long‑Term, Multi‑Generational Impact

...experienced depression), postnatal depression was found to be specifically detrimental to the relationships between mothers and the child whose birth triggered the depression. This suggests factors that affect mother-child relationships...

By The Swaddle Team

New Findings Say Postpartum Depression Can Start During Pregnancy

In January, a US panel redefined what we know as postpartum depression. The New York Times reported the doctors’ findings that “many cases of what has been called postpartum depression...

By Deepa Padmanaban

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