Men can suffer the baby blues too
A James Cook University study has found men have some unique risk factors for depression around the time a baby is born.
Medical doctor and PhD candidate at JCU Dr Jasleen Chhabra said the phenomenon of paternal perinatal (from the first trimester of pregnancy to a year after the birth of a baby) depression was an under-researched phenomenon.
“Like women, men also show signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety in this perinatal period. One large study found more than 10 per cent of Australian fathers suffer from this. The number globally is estimated at nearly 8.5 per. . .
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