What Is the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)? The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an easy-to-take, self-administered questionnaire that you can use to screen yourself, or a ...

Postnatal depression affects one in every ten women within a year of giving birth, but a new study has found one particular risk factor makes your odds of developing the condition much higher – having ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In-home counseling by health visitors trained to identify depression in new mothers reduces the prevalence of postnatal depression at 12 months, according to a trial in the ...

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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 ...

Research shows it can also affect parent-child bonding. The new program, called Let’s Play, was developed by Darlington-based ...

During the early years of a child's life, the relationship between a baby and their mother is central to the child’s later social and emotional development. A key feature of this relationship is "mind ...

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 ...

They say it takes a village to raise a child. But what if your village never shows up? I never knew just how true this saying was until the early days of giving birth to my baby during COVID. It came ...

The transformation into parenthood brings both positive and negative emotions. Whether it is your first child or you are a ...

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

NCT’s ‘From expectation to reality’ spoke to 2,000 women and highlighted the serious pitfalls to pregnancy and postnatal care ...