A psychosocial intervention that aimed to improve parenting skills and symptoms of depression in Pakistani fathers is an effective treatment for postpartum depression.
A psychosocial intervention designed to improve depressive symptoms and promote good parenting skills can be an effective way of treating male postpartum depression , according to new research.
Called Learning Through Play Plus Dads , the intervention, which can be delivered by community health workers, could improve paternal mental health and child development not only in Pakistan but also in other populations, the authors stated.
The researchers assessed changes in the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score at 4 months and at 6 months. They also looked at anxiety symptoms; parenting stress; intimate partner violence; functioning; quality of life; and child social, emotional, and physical health outcomes.There were significantly greater reductions in HDRS-17 scores in the LTP + Dads group than in the treatment as usual group at 4 months at 4 months.
"Understandably, most of the literature is around postpartum depression in women, not so much around men. The positive results seen here are interesting, especially in a country that is patriarchal and where there is not a lot of uptake of mental health interventions and services by men," he said.
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