Perinatal depression screenings for fathers urged

Fathers should also be screened for perinatal depression during well-child visits, but recent guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Preventive Services Task Force barely mentions fathers, and clear paternal postpartum depression diagnostic criteria are lacking, according to a perspectives piece in Pediatrics. "It is time for the focus on perinatal depression within pediatrics to include fathers, too," said lead author Tova Walsh.

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