The weeks and months following childbirth bring profound physical, emotional, and psychological changes that can overwhelm even the most prepared new parents. While some degree of mood fluctuation, ...

Exercise can help complement postpartum depression treatment. Find out what experts recommend to ease back into movement.

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are two distinct but potentially severe mental health conditions that can affect people after childbirth. Although both can occur in the postpartum ...

A certain amount of sadness and overwhelm is completely natural after giving birth. Here’s how to recognize if what you’re feeling is actually postpartum depression, and the things that can make it ...

Some dads are suffering in silence through the early perinatal period ...

Therapy and antidepressants are first-line treatments for postpartum depression. People may also benefit from neurosteroid therapy, although more research on its long-term effects is necessary.

Male postpartum depression describes when a new father experiences postpartum depression (PPD). Although PPD is more often diagnosed in the female birthing parent, men can also experience it. Some ...

A North Andover police officer who was shot this week in an armed confrontation with her fellow officers had been involuntarily committed for treatment of postpartum depression in March, less than a ...

Postpartum depression is a deep sadness that occurs after your baby’s birth and interferes with your daily life. It is the most common pregnancy complication that can affect both women and men in the ...

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a type of major depressive disorder (MDD) that can start after childbirth. When symptoms begin 6 weeks or later postpartum, it’s often called delayed or late-onset PPD.