New Fathers May Be As Likely As New Mothers To Suffer From Postpartum Depression, Study Suggests.

Reuters (7/23, Rapaport) reports that research suggests “fathers of young children may be almost as likely as new mothers to experience symptoms of depression.”

Medscape (7/23, MacReady, Subscription Publication) reports that investigators found that “of the fathers screened in a large, population-based cohort, 4.4% had a positive result for depression, which is similar to the percentage of mothers who screened positive, at 5.0%.” The findings were published online in JAMA Pediatrics.

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— “New dads need depression screening, too,”Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, July 23, 2018.

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