Supporting women who develop poor postnatal mental health: what support do fathers receive to support their partner and their own mental health?
| Autor: | Emily Arden-Close, Sarah Hambidge, Olivia Bryant, Andrew Mayers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Reproductive medicine Mothers Computer-assisted web interviewing lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics Developmental psychology Maternity services Fathers 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Spouses Qualitative Research lcsh:RG1-991 Depression (differential diagnoses) Maternal mental health 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Maternal postnatal depression business.industry Postpartum Period Obstetrics and Gynecology Puerperal Disorders medicine.disease Mental health United Kingdom Anxiety Female Postpartum psychosis Thematic analysis medicine.symptom business Fathers’ wellbeing Research Article Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
| ISSN: | 1471-2393 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12884-020-03043-2 |
| Popis: | Background Research regarding support provided for poor maternal postnatal mental health (such as depression, anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis) is relatively common. Fathers appear to play an important role supporting partners but many feel alienated within maternity services. Research focusing on fathers is less common. Methods The current qualitative study aimed to investigate fathers’ experience of support provided to fathers, to help support their partner should she experience poor postnatal mental health. Results Twenty-five fathers participated in an online questionnaire regarding their experience of their partner’s poor postnatal mental health and the support provided to fathers to help her. Thematic analysis revealed three main themes and seven sub-themes. The themes were: ‘Support received to help support their partner’, ‘Support fathers wanted that was not received’ and ‘Father’s mental health’. The results highlight an overall lack of support for many fathers, despite many wanting support on how to help their partner, information on their own mental health and the services available. Fathers specifically wanted healthcare professionals to sign-post them to someone they can talk to for emotional support, and to be taught coping strategies which would help them to support both their partner and baby. Conclusions The findings from this study suggest that health professionals and perinatal mental health services need a better understanding about what resources fathers need to support the mental health of themselves and their partner. |
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