BERLIN ― The season during which an individual was born appears to influence adult temperament, which, in turn, may lead to the development of a mood disorder, new research shows. A study of more than ...

Many women experience the “baby blues” after giving birth. However, if your symptoms persist or get worse, you're not alone. An estimated 15 to 20 percent of new mothers suffer from postpartum (after ...

New research published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that serious disorders of mood such as bipolar disorder may be the price that human beings have had to pay for more adaptive ...

Several recent articles have addressed the observation that psychiatric diseases occur more frequently in children and adults who were born preterm than at term. Psychiatric diseases that have an ...

Even under the best of circumstances, giving birth can be physically and emotionally challenging. But for some women, the experience can be so traumatic that it affects their mental health and ability ...

But for a portion of pregnant and postpartum women who screen positive for depression, the true diagnosis is something else. Around 1 in 5 women initially diagnosed with postpartum depression will ...

On Monday, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel told viewers in an emotional monologue that his newborn son had been diagnosed with a heart defect and underwent open heart surgery. Kimmel said his ...

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Research has demonstrated that vaginal childbirth substantially increases the probability a woman will develop a pelvic floor disorder later in life. Research completed at Johns Hopkins and the ...

The researchers were, for example, able to show that children to mothers with eating disorders had an increased risk of premature birth and being born with a small head circumference. Eating disorders ...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are taking combined oral contraceptives have a 2-fold risk of blood clots compared with women without the disorder who take contraceptives, states a ...