Postpartum depression: Signs to look for in women and men
Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that can affect women after childbirth
In the Victorian era, it was known as melancholia. However, modernity recognizes the feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety and exhaustion accompanying the birth of a child as postpartum depression.
Yet, while such entities as the National Institute of Mental Health maintain, “Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that can affect women after childbirth,” Medical Life Science and an increasing number of health-related experts also refer to the condition as paternal postnatal depression because new fathers can be affected.
In May, psycom.net reported around 1 in 10 men experiences PPND after the birth of a child.
For women, the condition is often the result of a quick drop in hormones (estrogen and progestero...