High Rate of Prenatal, Postpartum Depression Found in Fathers
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More than 10% of fathers experience prenatal and postpartum depression, with the highest rates found 3 to 6 months after birth, according to results from a new multinational meta-analysis reported May 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association theme issue on mental health. Because recent national data place the 12-month prevalence of depression among men in the general population at 4.8%
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@amit-r Although past studies have shown incidence rates of 10% to 30% for maternal depression, which can often lead to negative family and child development outcomes, studies focusing on paternal depression are troubled by "clinical heterogeneity and prevalence estimates that vary considerably