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 ...

Depression can make it hard to deal with certain aspects of your life. On a global scale, it’s the leading cause of disability. When it comes to depression in the workplace, it’s estimated that at ...

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 ...