I thought I was prepared when my son was born, but I was suddenly hit with a dark cloud. This baby took away my identity and ...

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 ...

Cardi B at Balmain RTW Spring 2025 as part of Paris Ready to Wear Fashion Week held at Palais de Chaillot on Sept. 25, 2024, in Paris. In 2019, rapper Cardi B opened up about the postpartum depression ...

There's a complex and bidirectional link between postpartum depression and breastfeeding. Negative experiences such as unmet ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

This article was co-authored by Nikita Baxi and Robert Muller, PhD. Postpartum depression is a form of clinical depression that affects 10 to 20 percent of women after childbirth. Recent data from ...

Over the course of her career, Susana Carmona, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist at the Gregorio Marañón Institute of Health Research, has used brain imaging to study the distinctive brain ...

"Everything just seemed like a complete and utter unmitigated disaster," says Amanda, a biology professor in Georgia, as she looks back on the time surrounding her son's birth. "Our son was a ...

October 9, 2012 (Montreal, Canada) — The first 6 months postpartum carry a significantly higher risk for women with major depressive disorder (MDD) to convert to bipolar disorder (BD) compared with ...

Researchers have uncovered a gut-diet link to postpartum depression, finding that eating a diet of soy, fermented foods, and seaweed may nurture beneficial gut bacteria and protect mothers’ mental ...

The two phases are increasingly colliding for a special kind of hormonal chaos.

If you’re being treated for postpartum depression, these 11 foods can support your brain and gut health, promoting a better ...