In a nationally representative study on depression in fathers, new findings indicate that dads who experience unemployment, poor health of themselves or their child, or those who live with a depressed partner are at higher risk of developing their own depression. Overall, 6% of all fathers in the study had scores suggesting that they were suffering from depressive symptoms.
The study also looked at the effects of parental depression on children, and found that fathers’ mental health has a greater impact on kids than was previously thought.
- 15% of children with a depressed father show signs emotional and behavioral problems
- 20% of children with a depressed mother showed signs of behavioral issues
- 25% of children whose mother and father had depressive symptoms had behavioral issues
- Only 6% of children with no depressed parents had problems
- Unemployed fathers are 6.5 times more likely to show signs of depression than employed fathers Read More…
(Source: www.bccf.ca)