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Addressing depression and anxiety among new fathers
Author(s) -
Fletcher Richard J,
Matthey Stephen,
Marley Christopher G
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00650.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Fathers may be unintentionally marginalised by perinatal health services and by the maternal focus of social practices surrounding new babies. There is increasing recognition that a father's depression and anxiety in the perinatal period can have serious consequences for his family. Health services could better support new fathers by providing them with information on parenting from a father's perspective, or by running father‐specific sessions as part of routine antenatal care programs.