Sad? Postpartum depression can affect new dads

Published May 20, 2008 4:00am ET



Postpartum depression? It’s not just a mom thing.

Using U.S. Department of Education survey data, James Paulson’s team studied 5,000 families with a 9-month-old infant. The researchers weren’t surprised to find that 14 percent of mothers suffered postpartum depression — but the 10 percent figure for men was two to three times higher than projected.

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