The fast-acting postpartum pill offers more convenience than the postpartum depression infusion treatment, brexanolone (branded Zulresso), which has been available since 2019, but cost concerns remain. As with all mental health medications, zuranolone should be paired with psychosocial treatment to treat all factors contributing to the disease.

Researchers and clinicians are using psychedelic drugs to address chronic pain and depression.

Interventional psychiatric care involving brain stimulation and infused or inhaled medicine can offer different options for patients.

A review of maternal deaths suggests most individuals had documented behavioral health conditions but only one-third received appropriate pharmacologic treatment before death

Serotonin’s precise role in depression is getting attention but SSRIs work for many, and basic neuroscience research goes far beyond ‘chemical imbalances.’

Here are 7 things you can do right now to help.

Delusions, hearing voices, hallucinations, and other symptoms of psychosis can be treated and the earlier treatment begins, the better

 People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or bipolar disorder living in rural areas engaged well with telehealth-based telepsychiatry, though the one who received local psychotherapy completed more sessions

Gun locks can reduce the risk of suicide, accidental injury and other firearm violence. A new program focuses on getting them into the hands of people at highest risk through the psychiatric emergency room.

Psychiatrists offer a lifeline for doctors and other providers offering mental health care in primary care settings for children, teens, young adults, pregnant women and new mothers.

Study sheds light on relationship between perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and first time cesarian delivery among pregnant women.

Telehealth for psychiatric care has been in the spotlight since the start of the pandemic, but a study launched long before COVID-19 shows its power for mental health care.

Olympic sports stars speaking up about depression, anxiety and mental health challenges, reducing stigma and helping younger athletes know how and when to seek help.

Two mothers discuss the benefits and side effects of electroconvulsive treatments received by their sons. 

A Michigan Medicine patient describes why she considers electroconvulsive therapy, also known as ECT, an essential treatment.