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Why does postpartum depression affect men too?

In the year following childbirth, nearly one in six women will experience a depressive episode related to this birth, called postpartum depression. If this pathology gradually comes out of the shadows, then the mental health of fathers during this same period remains little studied. One reason, of course, is that French researchers have tried to assess the impact of paternity leave in France since 2002 on the mental health of the parenting couple. Their findings were published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet Public Health.

Postpartum (or postpartum) depression is a psychiatric pathology that is diagnosed when certain symptoms are present for at least fifteen days a day; ), irritability or even anger (in men). The underlying mechanisms are the same for both sexes: this period of great change that comes…

Source: Le Figaro

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