Men Feel It Too — High Rates of Distress Among Fathers After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Psychological distress among first-time fathers is higher for those whose partners give birth to stillborn infants, those with major congenital abnormalities, or who induce an early abortion compared with fathers whose partners produce a healthy infant, according to a new study published inThe nationwide cohort study included data from a Danish national registry collected between 2008 and 2017 from almost 20,000 first-time fathers with no history of psychiatric treatment.

The researchers used data on prescriptions for psychotropic drugs, psychotherapy, a visit with a psychologist, or a contact with a psychiatric hospital up to a year after the end of pregnancy as proxies for 'adverse' psychiatric outcomes.Fathers of stillborn offsprings had a 23 times increased risk of receiving nonpharmacological treatment that those who had healthy infants and a nine times higher risk of receiving a hypnotic prescription .

Fathers whose partners had an early-induced abortion had an increased risk of taking hypnotics and anxiolytics within 1 year. Fathers whose partner experienced an abortion after 12 weeks gestation were at almost five times the risk for having a therapy session than fathers of healthy babies ; those with infants who had major congenital malformations were at 36% increased risk of receiving therapy . This highlights the necessity of increasing awareness regarding the psychological effects experienced by fathers after adverse pregnancy outcomes and the need for more robust support systems," the study authors wrote.

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