Living with post-natal depression: an exploration of the experience of fathers whose partners suffer from post-natal depression

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dc.contributor.advisorBantry White, Eleanor
dc.contributor.advisorO'Gorman, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Eadaoin
dc.contributor.authorSammon, Caroline
dc.contributor.otherPostnatal Depression Ireland
dc.contributor.roleCivil Society Organizationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T10:52:32Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T10:52:32Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-21
dc.description.abstractThe experience of maternal post-natal depression in mothers has been one of the most extensively researched areas of developmental psychopathology, however knowledge relating this event for fathers can be particularly limited (Beestin et al, 2014). The increased recognition of post-natal depression being a product of psychosocial factors equally suggests the risk factors this may pose to fathers during the period following child birth. Through the completion of a literature review and semi structured interviews with five fathers who experienced or are experiencing their partners post-natal depression, this study endeavors to explore the lived experience of fathers who endure this event. The story told by the participant’s features feelings of demoralisation by health care professionals, with their anxieties and feelings disenfranchised from the overall experience of their partners post-natal depression. The study reveals the viewpoints of fathers on the factors which impact on their ability to support their partner with their condition. By exploring this lived reality of fathers, a valuable and unique representation of their experience has been gained.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRyan, E. and Sammon, C. (2016) Living with post-natal depression: an exploration of the experience of fathers whose partners suffer from post-natal depression. Cork: Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage69en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8798
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCommunity-Academic Research Links, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCARL Research Reports;46 & 47
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ucc.ie/en/scishop/rr/
dc.rights©2016, Eadaoin Ryan and Caroline Sammon.en
dc.subjectPost-natal depressionen
dc.subjectFathersen
dc.subjectSupporten
dc.titleLiving with post-natal depression: an exploration of the experience of fathers whose partners suffer from post-natal depressionen
dc.typeReporten
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