Pam Belluck has covered maternal mental health for a decade. Women who experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth have a greater risk of suicide and attempted suicide — ...

Psychiatrists think inflammation may be at the root of some people’s illness. How to treat it is an open question.

As a condition, depression doesn’t always fly solo. In fact, depression is actually a risk factor for many health problems. Part of the reason is that depression can rob you of the desire to take care ...

Melancholic depression, also called melancholia, is a serious type of depression. Researchers think this type of depression mainly affects your central nervous system. About 25%-30% of people living ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for ...