Depressive symptoms in fathers during the first postpartum year: the influence of severity of preterm birth, parenting stress and partners’ depression

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Both VPT mothers and fathers showed a reduction in mean scores and rates of depression symptoms across the first 12 weeks; however, they continued to show higher rates compared to FT parents both shortly after birth (mothers: 40% vs. 6%; fathers: 36% vs. 5%) and at 6 months postpartum (mothers: 14% vs. 5%; fathers: 19% vs. 6%). McMahon et_al explored depression trajectories in 100 fathers of 125 VPT infants shortly after birth, at 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum: while 82% of VPT fathers showed persistently low symptoms across the first year, 18% of . . .

 



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