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Area of Science:

  • Perinatal mental health
  • Psychiatry
  • Public health

Background:

  • Paternal postpartum depression affects up to 28% of fathers.
  • The temporal link between maternal and paternal postpartum depression is not well understood.
  • Maternal depression history is a key factor in paternal postpartum depression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the temporal association between maternal and paternal postpartum depression.
  • To investigate the influence of maternal depression history on paternal postpartum depression.
  • To identify clinical factors associated with paternal postpartum depression.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study using Kaiser Permanente Colorado health records (2008-2019).
  • Included father-mother dyads with live-birth pregnancies.
  • Complementary log-log models with inverse probability of treatment weighting estimated relative risk, stratified by maternal depression history.

Main Results:

  • 15,257 dyads (19,352 pregnancies) were analyzed.
  • Paternal postpartum depression occurred in 1.7% and maternal in 8.9% of pregnancies without parental depression history.
  • Maternal postpartum depression increased paternal postpartum depression by 81% (RR=1.81) if the mother had no prior depression history; no association was found if she did.

Conclusions:

  • Maternal postpartum depression is linked to increased paternal postpartum depression risk, but only when the mother has no prior depression history.
  • Findings underscore the necessity of developing depression screening tools for fathers that account for both parents' risk factors.
  • Early identification and intervention for paternal postpartum depression are crucial.