Mental health

About one in ten new fathers develops depression after the birth of a child. That figure, drawn from a large-scale review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is roughly double the typical depression rate in men at other points in their lives. Yet paternal postpartum depression barely registers in public health conversations,…

Addiction can feel like a trap. You promise yourself to stop. You try again and again. But the pull keeps coming back. Many people think this means they are weak. That is not true. Addiction is tied to how the brain learns habits. The good news is that the brain can change. With the right…