Postpartum can be a dangerous time for new moms — nearly two in three maternal deaths occur in the first year after birth, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Meeting with your ...

Postpartum depression is a clinical depressive episode that occurs in 13% to 20% of women after birth or miscarriage. This illness has potentially devastating consequences for both mother and ...

Medically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhD Male postpartum depression describes when a new father experiences postpartum depression (PPD). Although PPD is more often diagnosed in the female birthing ...

The companies saw great results in their trials. In the Phase 3 SKYLARK randomized study, the scientists measured women with OOD based on the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17).

The hospital’s Perinatal Depression Scale (MGHPDS) features questionnaires about mood, anxiety, sleep and stress that identify symptoms most critical in diagnosing women with postpartum ...

As many as one in five women experience postpartum depression or anxiety. With the help of an iPhone app, researchers hope to predict who might suffer from them.

A newly approved medication to treat postpartum depression will cost $15,900 per 14-day course, before insurance, when it reaches the market later this year, raising concerns among doctors and ...

Compared to people who took a placebo, those who took Zurzuvae showed "significantly more improvement in their symptoms" when scored on a depression-rating scale at day 15, according to the FDA ...

A new postpartum depression drug called zuranolone could lead to new treatments for women's ... each potential participant needed to score at least a 26 on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, ...

The most common screening method is the 10-question Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. It asks about feelings of sadness, worry, panic and fear, as well as whether a woman has been crying ...

Symptom severity was measured using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), ... “With postpartum depression, it’s not just the mother that’s struggling.

Postpartum Depression Screening Scale. MHP = Mental health provider. (Figure by C. Byrne.) The medical assistants introduced the research study and PDSS tool to women at the 6-week postpartum ...