Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood during the third ...

September 28, 2006 — Despite a high rate of depression, which can have a significant impact on stroke survivors' mortality, the majority of clinically depressed stroke patients do not receive ...

Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we explain the difference using clinicians’ cues: Trigger, duration, functioning, ...

Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk. When you purchase through ...

Like many first-time mothers, Lisette Lopez-Rose thought childbirth would usher in a time of joy. Instead, she had panic attacks as she imagined that something bad was going to happen to her baby, and ...

When we think about where psychological disorders come from, we often hear about genetic evolution. This usually leads to explanations that focus on inherited biological factors. But for many human ...