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Baby blues or postpartum depression?

Your new baby is here and all of the anticipation and expectation is over. You are home with your new family, so why do you feel so bad....so sad....so inadequate? You expected that this time with your new baby would be fun and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Positive family history can also worsen depression

People with a family history of depression, anxiety and alcohol and drug dependence are not only likely to develop these conditions, but tend to suffer more seriously and need more treatment, a study has found. In the nearly 30-year study [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Dads Suffer Postpartum Depression, Too

Mothers are often warned about depression following the birth of a new baby, but what about fathers? Is male postpartum depression actually on the rise?When Nick Duerden’s daughter was born, joy wasn’t his first emotion. Instead [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Diabetes can lead to postpartum depression

Postpartum depression is a seriousand often undiagnosedcondition affecting about 10 to 12 percent of new mothers. Some of the causes might include personal history of depression, stressful life events, and lack of social, financial or em [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Twins raise risk of postnatal depression

Mothers of twins or triplets have almost twice the average risk of postnatal depression, a survey by the Twins and Multiple Births Association showed today. It found that 17% of mothers who had a multiple birth experienced PND, compared wit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Anti Social Behaviour In Girls As Pointers To Depression In ...

The University of Washington has come up with a research that says anti-social behaviour among girls and anxiety among both sexes act as pointers to depression in early adolescence. According to James Mazza, the lead author of the new stud [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Nature and nurture are both responsible for depression

A new study has found that nature and nurture are both responsible for depression.The study, led by Gerald Haeffel, a psychologist at University of Notre Dame, suggests that the neurotransmitter dopamine may play a role in the risk for depr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Postnatal depression can be worse with a male baby

Giving birth to a boy can lead to higher levels of severe postnatal depression (PND) than having a girl, according to a study. Claude de Tychey, of the French university Nancy 2, studied 181 women who had given birth and found that just un [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Bipolar Disorder

Also known as manic-depression or manic-depressive disorder. This condition is characterized by mood that alternates between two emotional extremes, or poles: the sadness of depression and the euphoria of mania . Between these emotion [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Postpartum Depression Cited in Drowning Case

Issues of postpartum mental illness will figure significantly in the case of a woman accused of trying to drown her 2-week-old twin boys in the bathtub, killing one and leaving the other hospitalized, her lawyer says. Authorities sai [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Postpartum depression

In this Article * What is a depressive disorder? * What are the types of depression and their symptoms? * What are the causes of depression? * Postpartum depres [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Health Tip: Postpartum Depression

Depression that follows the birth of a baby is common, as new moms are overwhelmed by the changes in their bodies and routines. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers this list of reasons for why postpartum depressio [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Avoiding Steroids and Their Side Effects Should be Component...

Bangalore, India, January 01, 2008 --(PR.com)-- While alleged use of anabolic-androgenic steroids, blood doping and other banned athletic performance enhancing substances are ruining reputations in Major League Baseball, the Tour de France, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Osteoporosis 'link to depression'

US study found 17% of depressed women but just 2% of those not depressed, had thinner bone in a part of the hip.It found depressed women had overactive immune systems, making too many chemicals that promote inflammation including one [...]