Research recently published in JAMA showed that about 10 per cent of new fathers suffer from postnatal depression, particularly three to six months following a birth.
Edward Davies at the BMJ blogs wonders if it isn’t all a bit of common sense dressed up as medical jargon:
-Do I have feelings of hopelessness? Yes. (Particularly at 3am when he just won’t shut up)
-Feeling irritable and intolerant? Yes. (Particularly at 3am when he just won’t shut up)
-Thoughts of harming someone else? Yes. (Particularly at 3am when he just won’t shut up)
-Reduced sex drive? Yes.
-Change in appetite? Yes.
-Lack of energy? Yes.
-Reduced social activity? Yes.
-Change in menstrual cycle? Not so much.
-Disturbed sleep? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
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