Postnatal Depression

Dr Taemets - director of Mother and Infant Care Unit at Belmont Private Hospital (BNE)
1 mum in 5 suffers postnatal disorder which is serious enough to require treatment
At least 10 and 20% suffer more serious postnatal disorder
As many as 45% of these women will experience depressive symptoms at end of first postnatal year
Acc. to Philip Hammond, sleep is key to curing postnatal depression
Taemets: up to 40% of fathers suffer from postnatal depression
About 40% needed education/counselling/psychotherapy to battle this
6% require treatment with antidepressant drugs
Men experience similar symptoms of tiredness, sadness and irritability after child birth
Acc. to Jim Kelly in 1999, "new British study has found male PND affects 1 in 10 dads"
Experts believe emergence of PND symptoms in men could be linked to more active role played by modern dad during and after child's delivery
For every 2 mums with PND, at least 1 dad suffers too
More than 15% of new mums are diagnosed with PND, and about 10% of new dads
PANDA estimates that 50% of parents who suffer from PND aren't ever diagnosed, and figure for men could be higher

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