UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–13 Aprl 2012. Dads with ‘postnatal’ depression are more likely to fix on negatives and be more critical of themselves when talking to their new babies.
The study by Oxford University researchers is the first to look at the speech of new fathers with depression in their early interactions with their babies.
The Wellcome Trust-funded research is published in the journal Psychological Medicine.
‘We found there were differences in the way depressed dads talked…
