If you suspect you have postpartum depression, you can take the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a short screening test ...

With the exception of any prior mental illness, Mom was a textbook case of postpartum psychosis: Restlessness, disordered ...

Another who overcame postpartum psychosis described a terrifying voice in her head: “Inside me is a dark force. A dark shadow that looks like me outside of me. If I kill myself, will the shadow ...

Study Links Heavy Cannabis Use To Higher Death Risk, Psychosis By India Edwards HealthDay ... People diagnosed with cannabis use disorder (CUD) may face nearly triple the risk of death over ...

Background: Schizoaffective disorder is a severe psychiatric condition characterized by mood disturbances and psychotic symptoms. Standard treatments, primarily pharmacological, often fail to control ...

"I wish there was more open conversation around postpartum incontinence, along with real support—whether that’s access to pelvic f ...

When I became pregnant with my first child, I did what I thought good moms do: I stopped smoking weed. Then, in 2017, about two years after giving birth to my firstborn, I began to notice trending ...

Since maternal mental health issues are the number one complication of childbirth, let’s talk about a taboo topic—postpartum identity loss and grief. I Lost Who I Was After giving birth ...

acute psychotic reactions ... for any DSM-IV Axis I or Axis II lifetime psychiatric or substance abuse disorder (excluding nicotine) and family history of major Axis I disorder.

Schizophrenia (SZ), major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe psychiatric disorders and share common characteristics not only in clinical symptoms but also in neuroimaging.