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 ...

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.

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 ...

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).

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Postpartum depression and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Research Notes , 2022; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-05991-8 Cite This Page : ...

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.

Johns Hopkins researchers have found a link between postpartum depression and reduced levels of the hormone allopregnanolone, which is known for its anti-anxiety effects. A small-scale study ...

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 ...