Men Suffer from Prenatal and Postpartum Depression, Too; Rates Correlate with Maternal Depression

Men Suffer from Prenatal and Postpartum Depression, Too; Rates Correlate with Maternal Depression: "Paternal depression has often taken a back seat to the studies of maternal and postpartum depression despite recognition that depression among fathers negatively affects family life. Although the primary focus of our care as midwives and women's health clinicians is directed at women and mothers, we view our work as that which promotes and strengthens families; however, “family” is defined by women in our care. Although depression among fathers is not well understood and the literature on this topic is emerging, Paulson and Bazemore wanted to describe what is known about paternal depression and its association with maternal depression using techniques of metaanalysis. The primary outcome for this study was described as a point prevalence rate, defined by the authors as cases of depression divided by the number of study participants. The rate of depression among female partners was a secondary outcome."