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 — ...

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 ...

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

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 ...