Pregnancy and postpartum psychiatric episodes in fathers: A population-based study on treatment incidence and prevalence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For women, the perinatal period confers an increased risk of severe psychiatric disorders, but similar evidence for fathers is lacking. We examined rates of first-time and recurrent psychiatric disorders in men before and after becoming fathers.

Methods

A descriptive prospective study design was applied using information from the Danish National registers. Perinatal psychiatric episodes were assessed as incidence of first-time and prevalence (including recurrence) of recorded in- or outpatient admissions for any mental disorder and redeemed prescriptions for psychotropic medication in fathers to children born from January 1, 1998 until December 31, 2015.

Results

We identified 929,415 births and 543,555 unique fathers. Incidence and prevalence proportions fo

SUBMITTER: Madsen KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595874 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature