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Perinatal depression: our study shows how common it is for both parents to experience it
Published: July 25, 2022 7.00pm BST
theconversation.com/perinatal-depression-our-study-shows-how-common-it-is-for-both-parents-to-experience-it-186590
Many new parents struggle with mental health issues. Research suggests up to a quarter of new mothers and one in ten fathers experience depression after the birth of their child. Although there has been greater awareness and dialogue in recent years about the mental health struggles of mothers and fathers, we don’t know very much about the experience of new parents as a unit.
This is something our review sought to uncover. We found that in one in 30 couples, both parents may struggle with depression after the birth of their child. We also revealed that depression in couples persists – and might even become more common – through the first year after having a child.
To conduct our review, we looked at 23 studies in total, with data from almost 30,000 couples in 15 different countries. We specifically included studies which reported prevalence rates of depression in both parents during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth (known as the perinatal period). There wasn’t enough data reporting on anxiety for us to include it in our review.
We then grouped the studies based on whether they looked at depression during pregnancy, the early postnatal period (up to three months after delivery) or in the late postnatal period (between three to 12 months after delivery).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenatal_depression
Published: July 25, 2022 7.00pm BST
theconversation.com/perinatal-depression-our-study-shows-how-common-it-is-for-both-parents-to-experience-it-186590
Many new parents struggle with mental health issues. Research suggests up to a quarter of new mothers and one in ten fathers experience depression after the birth of their child. Although there has been greater awareness and dialogue in recent years about the mental health struggles of mothers and fathers, we don’t know very much about the experience of new parents as a unit.
This is something our review sought to uncover. We found that in one in 30 couples, both parents may struggle with depression after the birth of their child. We also revealed that depression in couples persists – and might even become more common – through the first year after having a child.
To conduct our review, we looked at 23 studies in total, with data from almost 30,000 couples in 15 different countries. We specifically included studies which reported prevalence rates of depression in both parents during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth (known as the perinatal period). There wasn’t enough data reporting on anxiety for us to include it in our review.
We then grouped the studies based on whether they looked at depression during pregnancy, the early postnatal period (up to three months after delivery) or in the late postnatal period (between three to 12 months after delivery).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenatal_depression