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, ...

Mental health has a long history of stigma, which has sadly kept many people from feeling safe enough to seek help. According to recent studies, postpartum depression affects approximately one in ...

Having battled postpartum depression twice, biotech entrepreneur and neuroscientist Dr Clarissa Yates is developing a blood ...

Steady your mental health with postpartum routines that fit real life. Build a simple daily rhythm, steady your mood and know ...

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As Men’s Mental Health Month comes to an end, it's important to recognize a hidden mental illness among many fathers. One in 10 men suffer from postpartum depression during pregnancy and the year ...

Healthcare AI mirrors decades of gender bias. Women-led startups are rebuilding it to reduce misdiagnosis, dismissal, and ...

Feeling overwhelmed and anxious after having a new baby can overshadow the joy. Many moms may feel alone with these feelings, but the truth is that 1 in 5 moms suffer maternal mental illness such as ...

Hormonal shifts, disrupted sleep and mental health concerns, like anxiety and depression, can affect not only the birthing parent, but their partner and family as well. In fact, Postpartum Support ...

I lied to the first person who asked me if I had postpartum depression. Four days after giving birth, I was sitting on a chair in the pediatrician’s office, holding my crying newborn, who was there ...

I knew postpartum hair loss happened, but I didn’t realize just how tough it would be after I gave birth to my daughter. As a cancer survivor, I’d experienced hair loss before and knew the usual ...

Plus the aftercare advice mothers may truly need. A mother of two is addressing postpartum well-being and the care she says women actually need. "Birth is a major trauma to the body,” Jesse Truelove ...