Fathers get depressed too: lifestyle and relationship factors, stress and sleep quality are associated with depression in new fathers in the first 6 months postbirth

A central cause of depression is identified to be prenatal and postnatal stress.1 2 This, pre and postnatal stress, affects both the father and the mother of a baby, and the reaction of both parents to the stress is known to affect child ' s health and psychology.3 Da Costa et al ' s study4 aimed at determining the prevalence of depressive symptoms in first-time fathers at 2 and 6 months, respectively. It also explores the relationships between sociodemographic and psychosocial risk factors for depression. Lastly, the study explores if and how changes in the aforementioned factors from the antenatal to the postpartum period may be associated with paternal depressive symptoms at 2 and 6 months, respectively.
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