Fathers 'just as likely to suffer postnatal depression'

The study, published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, found 9.7 per cent of fathers suffer postnatal depression in the first year of their child's life compared with 9.4 per cent for mothers.Younger fathers are particularly vulnerable, with those aged under 30 facing a 40 per cent increased likelihood of developing depression,  writes Jonathan Pearlman in The Telegraph.

27th April 2012