Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health

Name: Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Fathers and Perinatal Mental HealthA Guide for Recognition, Treatment and Management\nAuthor(s): Jane Hanley, Mark Williams\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138330306, 978-1138330306\nSynopsis\nIt is only in recent years that there has been development in the awareness of the fathers mental health. Yet, the fathers mental health can influence the mother, the infant, the family and society. This book seeks to address the reasons why the father or the potential father could suffer from a mental disorder or illness during the perinatal period, his reactions, and what can be done to help him. \n\nThe book explores the way in which fathers mental health has presented in the past and how it presents now. It looks at the fathers attitudes towards his mental well-being and how he may self-manage and self-medicate. It examines the impact and influence the potential father and the fathers mental health has on his partner, .