Disrespectful maternity care during childbirth and/or postpartum affected nearly 1 in 4 women, and this experience was associated with an increased risk for postpartum depression symptoms at 2 months.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc., today announced the launch and expansion of the Maternity Depression Program, offered by its affiliated health plans, which provides new moms ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Most people assume that pregnancy is a happy time of excitement and anticipation. While that can be the case for many ...

Prenatal depression can completely dismantle a person’s entire personality before the baby even arrives, and it’s not as ...

Depression during or after a pregnancy could be tied to a heightened risk for heart trouble in women decades later, new research warns. This so-called "perinatal" depression was linked to a 36% higher ...

Depression is a common and serious medical illness many people across the world go through. While there can be many reasons for it, experts believe that, apart from being genetic, there are lifestyle ...

The top three risk factors for antenatal depression are a history of depression, lack of social support, and experiences of violence, research suggests. The prevalence of depression during pregnancy ...

Maternal depressive symptoms probably start at or before pregnancy, with trajectories that remain stable across the perinatal into the postnatal period, new research suggests. The analysis of more ...

Here’s what experts have to say about PPD showing up months later.

Women experiencing severe nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy may face a higher risk of postpartum depression, highlighting the need for earlier screening and targeted maternal mental health ...

Women who suffer from depression during or after a pregnancy are at an elevated risk for suicide, two recent studies found. The first study, published Tuesday in the JAMA Network Open journal, found ...