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A new has found that 10 percent of fathers serious depression after the birth of their children. Lead Dr James F. Paulson, assistant professor of paediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, said of post-natal depression: "It's as a disorder of motherhood. It's not viewed by health professionals and the as a problem in fathers." His team the findings of 43 different studies into new dads becoming depressed. These involved from over 28,000 fathers from Australia, China, Great Britain and the USA. Dr Paulson found that American men were the most to experience depression. Over 14 per cent of U.S. dads got the post-baby compared with an international of 8.2 per cent.

Dr Paulson said the were interesting and that his represent “a significant public health and something we need to more attention to.” He points to a number of reasons for post-natal depression in men. A big is depression in the mother. Up to a quarter of mothers experience some form of depression following . Another big reason is the brought to a marriage after starting a family and how the mother and father help each other. Other reasons include a of sleep, financial stress and having a sick baby. Dr Paulson’s for new parents is: "Depression affects both parents and both parents should be on the lookout for it… Depression in one partner has a cascading effect throughout the family unit.”