When Louise was pregnant with her second daughter, she suffered from extreme sickness and struggled to get through each day.

A decade-long study links breastfeeding to lower anxiety and depression in mothers, suggesting long-term mental health ...

Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The discovery, reported today in Cell, may have wider ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Postnatal depression is one of the many types of depression that particularly affects ...

This article describes the recent findings from our lab at University College London, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. The study explored the relationship between postnatal ...

After suffering "stress and anxiety" while trying for a baby, Aled Edwards and his wife Sophie were delighted when they found out she was pregnant. But, from the first night after getting the good ...

In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers investigated whether low-dose esketamine delivered after labor improves post-delivery depression in women with prenatal ...

There's little more revealing than text messages to your mom—and one woman is sharing hers in an effort to make new moms a bit more comfortable. Lara Hurst-Wells, 28, spoke to Newsweek about a viral ...

This toolkit supports integrated care boards (ICBs), their place-based partners, health and care providers to work with service users and professionals to improve the postnatal care experience and ...