Dad's 'baby-blues' can lead to emotional stress in teenage daughters: Study
Post-natal
depression in fathers is linked to emotional problems for their teenage
daughters, a study has found.
Almost
one in 20 new fathers suffered depression in the weeks after their child was
born, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
The
study, based on a sample of over 3,000 families in Bristol, UK, also identified
a link between post-natal depression in men and depression in their daughters
as they reached adulthood.
At
18, girls whose fathers had experienced depression after their birth were
themselves at greater risk of the condition, said Professor Paul Ramchandani
from the University of Cambridge in the UK.
The
"small but significant" increased risk applied only to daughters;
sons were not affected, said Ramchandani.
One
reason for this "handing on" effect could be that post-natal
depression in fathers is sometimes linked with an increased level of maternal
depression, researchers said. Read
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