...“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...

...ratio was 19% of smokers with depression as opposed to 11% of non-smokers. Researchers also found smokers had higher rates of symptoms of depression and lower rates of social functioning,...

...in stress, depression and anxiety, and is the lead author of the study, said. But, the study noted that not all types of ELS result in youth-onset depression. Having conducted...

...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...

...and injections — by girls and women, between the ages of 15 to 34, to diagnoses of depression and/or prescriptions for antidepressants. It concluded the risk of depression was slightly...

The higher one’s exposure to air pollution, the more likely one is to experience depression or die by suicide, concludes a new, global study. With data coming from 16 countries...

...an approximately 7% increase for depression and approximately 5% increase for anxiety among the women. They also found an even greater risk of depression — a 12% increase — for...

...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 when...

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 just these...

...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...