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Article: FATHERS ALSO EXPERIENCE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 3, 2006
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The University of Iowa of issued the following news release:
Mothers are not the only parent experiencing postpartum depression. Fathers also can have difficulty adjusting emotionally in the weeks and months following the birth of a child.
A number of research studies in recent years suggest men can experience postpartum depression. One study, published in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics, found that among 5,000 American couples who recently had a baby, as many as 10 percent of the fathers had significant levels of depression.
"We need to pay better attention to dads postpartum," said Robin Cook Kopelman, M.D. assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of ...