It’s not just mothers whose hormones change after having a child, fathers commonly experience a drop in testosterone and an increase in cortisol, vasopressin, and prolactin hormones. This hormone shift increases a father’s capacity to bond with his child; but, as with women’s PND, a hormone shift can trigger depression symptoms too. Around 8-10% of fathers (and 24% of mothers) will experience postnatal depression, and yet such an illness, that impacts millions of fathers around the world, is still not recognised as a specific condition by the World Health Organisation’s ICD-11. So if PND in dads is not recogised, let’s take a look at some the things that are… What do you think? New podcast with @male_suicide_research 👇 https://tinyurl.com/acehvdc7

2026-03-06