Background Research in paternal prenatal and postpartum depression has nearly doubled
since prevalence rates were last meta-estimated in October 2009. An updated meta-analysis …

Background Paternal depression has been associated with suboptimal developmental
outcomes in offspring. We sought to systematically review the research evidence from …

Objectives In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation, school/child care
closures and employment instability have created unprecedented conditions for families …

Context It is well established that maternal prenatal and postpartum depression is prevalent
and has negative personal, family, and child developmental outcomes. Paternal depression …

Up to one in five young people live in families with a parent who has a mental illness. There
are various genetic, individual, family and environmental risk factors for children living in …

Psychiatric disorders of parents are associated with an increased risk of psychological and
developmental difficulties in their children. Most research has focused on mothers …

BACKGROUND: Contemporary research findings suggest that depression during the ante-
and postnatal periods is a significant problem not only for women but also for many men …

Objective: To examine the effects of early maternal and paternal depression on child
expressive language at age 24 months and the role that parent‐to‐child reading may play in …

Abstract We used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort 9-and 24-mo surveys
(n= 8693) and Structural Equation Modeling to examine direct and indirect associations …

Analysis of data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
reveals that 6% of children are born to mothers who experienced symptoms of depression …