...“It was clearly a sign of depression and in his case, paternal postnatal depression,” says Chhabria. Postpartum depression (PPD), a type of mood disorder, is typically associated with women, specifically...

Part One of a two-part series on postpartum depression. When Anita Prakash* moved back to her hometown in India, after living in the UK for several years, she was overjoyed...

to mood regulation. The study, which relied on animal models of postpartum depression, is far from conclusive. But it does add to a growing line of inquiry into postpartum depression,...

...an adoption professional, coined the term Parental Post-Adoption Depression (PAD) to describe symptoms such as depression, anxiety and panic. While PAD has been relatively under-researched and under-reported in the two...

childhood obesity or depression linked each condition individually to abnormalities in the brain’s reward centers. “Independently, in obesity and depression, the same brain networks popped up, and that was curious...

That pain after delivery, specifically, is most closely linked with postpartum depression. Women with postpartum depression reported more pain after giving birth and were more likely to require additional pain...

...was diagnosed with depression five years ago, and we’ve been together 10 years. Since the diagnosis, no day has been the same. It has been challenging, yet fulfilling, because it’s...

...I realized it had to be more than just a new baby. Our doctor confirmed it was postpartum depression. And he told me that I couldn’t fix it or make...

Every week, we scour the web to bring you interesting bits and pieces from around the world. Enjoy! Balancing motherhood, depression A clinically depressed woman writes about her fears about...

Six weeks after her second delivery, S., 32, knew something was off with her body. “After my first pregnancy, I lost a lot of hair, so this time...

For years, clinicians have attributed teenagers’ struggles with mental health issues and substance abuse to poverty, racism and discrimination. However, a new study has found that it’s not...

major depression. Can depression cause infertility in men? Depression has been linked to less sexual desire and lower sperm quality in men. Sperm quality is a major factor in fertility,...

...depression According to the World Health Organization, most teens experience a depressive episode at some point. For some, the depression may linger, intensify and be accompanied by suicidal thoughts; suicide...

form of a nasal spray, will be used to treat drug-resistant forms of depression. While ketamine has been used intravenously on some depression patients since the 2000s, the costly and...

Young children who show signs of depression are six times more likely to lag in social and academic skills, a new study has found. It’s unclear whether depression and learning...

...death or suicidal ideation. Unlike sadness, depression is not a mood that can be managed, and it can leave people feeling incapacitated. People suffering from depression find it difficult to...

...these attitudes can prompt or worsen the grief, depression, or anxiety experienced by many women after a pregnancy loss. “For some women, physical and emotional healing happens fairly quickly. For...

...behaviours and sleep less.” On the other hand, says Haveliwala, “The counter behaviour to mania can be postpartum bipolar depression that can look like a very severe depression or can...