Screening for postpartum depression is a valuable safeguard. It is not, however, all we have to do. There is little debate that our most reliable and valid screening tool for postpartum depression, ...

Implementing the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the pediatric primary care setting can improve rates of early detection for postpartum depression. Screening new mothers for postpartum ...

A month after Melanie Blocker-Stokes gave birth, she stopped eating and sleeping. She had convinced herself that she was a terrible mother, and she was paranoid that the neighbors thought so too. Over ...

Medicaid reimbursement was associated with more billed postpartum depression (PPD) screens and higher probability of the mother being diagnosed and treated. Medicaid-insured mothers have higher rates ...

A University of Queensland-led analysis of over 2 million women across 90 countries found that major depression rates are highest two weeks after childbirth. The prevalence rises from 6.2% during ...

Fathers can also have postpartum depression. It's most common during months 3-6 after birth. Symptoms are often different ...

The FDA has recently approved a new medication to treat postpartum depression. This news comes on the heels of a tragic incident of infanticide and suicide by a Mount Sinai physician. We don’t know if ...

While scrolling through TikTok, I've seen many women share their traumatic birth experiences: an emergency C-section followed by significant blood loss; a home birth turned into an ambulance ride to ...

A University of Queensland-led global review found that major depression in women and girls reaches its highest prevalence—8.3%—two weeks after giving birth. Drawing on data from over 2 million ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendation on the screening of depression in the general adult population aged 18 years and older, endorsing its previous call for ...

In the largest mental health study of its kind, Australian researchers have found that the prevalence of major depression ...