Study: Postpartum depression affects fathers too
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 10:31
in Psychology & Sociology
An analysis finds that 10% of men suffer serious depression at some point between a pregnant partner's first trimester and one year after childbirth. Stress and sleep deprivation can be factors. They might relish becoming parents, but they can also be unprepared for the infant in their lives. They're sleep-deprived, confused and irritable. They're the fathers.