When it comes to French, what is the first word that comes to mind?
Tsundere, okay?
However, in fact, the French have far underestimated sensitivity and delicacy, coupled with the individualism advocated by Western culture, many French people are fragile in their hearts and prone to emotional collapse.
Just as the French media discussed social issues in the past two days: it turns out that men also have postpartum depression! And the consequences are quite serious...
It is reported that within one year after giving birth, as many as one in six women still suffer from postpartum depression. Although we have repeatedly emphasized that women's rights and interests deserve attention, and constantly strengthen the care and protection of women in all aspects, few people mention the mental health of fathers.
With the arrival of the newborn, many couples have come to an end in a harmonious and loving relationship, for many reasons, the most common is that the wife is busy breastfeeding and raising the baby, but also has to take care of other things, and lacks skills, so they no longer focus on their husbands, which is a heavy blow and loss for men. Secondly, the couple's parenting views are very different, and they often make contradictions...
When it comes to postpartum depression, it is generally believed that women are depressed after giving birth, emotional disorders related to the birth of babies, and mothers who cannot get out of the psychological shadow will have symptoms such as anxiety, extreme sadness, crying, fatigue, irritability, changes in eating and sleeping habits, and even attempt suicide. It can be said that it is a psychological problem that deserves great attention and research.
Early thought that it only happens to women, later found that men are the same, some new fathers also have difficulty adjusting to the new life of their children, they are afraid and anxious about it, do not know what this means.
The specific cause of postpartum depression is unknown, because there are many influencing factors, perhaps endocrine disorders, perhaps emotional collapse caused by lack of sleep, or it may be caused by family inheritance...
All in all, it is certain that the patient is quite distressed.
Postpartum depression usually develops within a week to a month after delivery, lasting as few months as long as more than a year.
According to the encyclopedia data, about 15% of women suffer from postpartum depression, while the proportion of men is about 8%-10%. That is to say, men's postpartum depression is also quite serious.
It is reported that Maria Melchior, epidemiologist and director of the French Institute of Public Health l'institut Pierre Louis de santé publique, led a team to follow up 10,975 fathers and 13,075 mothers, and found that fathers who took maternity leave with their wives or planned to take vacation were significantly less likely to suffer from depression than those who did not take vacation, with 4.5% and 4.8% respectively. 5.7%。
It is clear that taking maternity leave is only good for the physical and mental health of dads and no harm.
More importantly, maternity leave has allowed many fathers to make a smooth transition, seriously thinking about how to share housework for their wives, how to devote more time to spend with their children, and finally form a habit and virtuous circle, which benefits the whole family for life.
On the contrary, fathers without maternity leave are more difficult to get out of anxiety and tension, there is no buffer period for emotional discharge, and the loss is beyond imagination. One person benefits, the whole family is happy. I didn't expect maternity leave to be so important for men!
As for how to fight postpartum depression? The advice given by experts is to consult the elders in the family first, and coming over to help can effectively alleviate postpartum anxiety. If you really can't ask for help from a counselor, you can prescribe antidepressants, but this is by no means the first choice, in short, postpartum depression can heal itself, don't give up on yourself.
It is worth mentioning that the husband's paternity leave does not alleviate the postpartum depression of the wives, but increases! The proportion of depression with a husband on paternity leave is 16.1%, and the proportion of people without a husband on paternity leave is 15.7%, which has to be said to be ironic.
Is there such a case around you?
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Ref：
https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/pourquoi-la-depression-postnatale-touche-aussi-les-hommes-20230104?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Twitter&origine=VWR22002#Echobox=1673189293-1?utm_source=app&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=fr.playsoft.lefigarov3
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-my/%E4%BA%A7%E5%90%8E%E6%8A%91%E9%83%81%E7%97%87
https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/la-depression-post-partum-un-tabou-difficile-a-lever-20210921?utm_source=app&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=fr.playsoft.lefigarov3
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