Oscar de Juan, Albert Mas, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Joaquín Gil-Badenes, Lídia Ilzarbe, Lluc Colomer, Helena Andreu, Laura Bueno, Luis Olivier, Beatriz Estévez, Tábatha Fernández-Plaza, Laia Tardón-Senabre, Néstor Arbelo, Marc Valentí, Susana Gomes da Costa, Gabriel Pujol-Fontrodona, Eduard Vieta, Isabella Pacchiarotti
Paternal postpartum depression (PD) is considered an affective disorder that affects fathers during the months following childbirth. Interestingly, it has been observed that during these months the chances of a male parent suffering from depression are double that for a non-parent male counterpart. We present the case of a 34-year-old man with no relevant medical history in who, overlapping her daughter's birth, several depressive symptoms emerged, such as fatigue, lack of concentration, sleeping disturbances and abandonment of care of the newborn...
September 20, 2023: International Clinical Psychopharmacology