Resources for Dads

Websites that offer information about postpartum depression in men:

• Beyond Blue: an Australian mental health website with information and resources, including a handbook for new dads
• How is Dad Going?: an Australian website for dads whose lives have been impacted by postpartum depression
• PostpartumMen: a website dedicated to helping men beat the baby blues and overcome depression

Articles about male postpartum depression and anxiety:

• Postpartum depression in adoptive fathers, it’s a thing
•  New fathers’ depression is not narcissism

Personal accounts from men about their postpartum depression:

• A dad shares how he overcame postpartum depression
•  Craig Mullins, dad and counselor shares his personal story of male postpartum depression 
• Postpartum: not just for chicks anymore
• One dad experienced a backlash after he revealed his postpartum depression
• The Journal of the American Medical Association published a meta-analysis of 43 studies that documented depression in fathers. The entire article is available to view for free.

You can also check out the following videos:

CNN Report: Men get depression too

Link: http://youtu.be/CNmqucNnSLQ

Signs of Male Postpartum Depression

Link: http://youtu.be/dc8rPkaPz5k

Mark Williams, founder of Fathers Reaching Out, speaks about postpartum depression

Link: http://youtu.be/9pGSOHewQ2c