Background Social support facilitates physical and mental health in the perinatal period for parents and their children. Yet, little is known about what predicts who will have access to support duri...

Some men struggle to cope with the stress of a relationship breakdown.

Around one in 10 fathers experience serious mental health issues in the period before and after their child is born. What can be done?

Objective Trait anger can impact emotional states, appraisals of others, and cognition. The study aim was to assess in fathers whether these associations are exacerbated by infant crying. Method T...

Demetra Christodoulou appraises a recent Pakistani trial on a group parenting intervention for male postpartum depression.

Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, explores fostering open discussions about baby loss, and shares how...

The issues boys and men navigate are diverse and messy, linked to socioeconomic inequalities, geography and social history.

We aimed to predict if and when young adults would become parents. Using data from a multi-decade, longitudinal study, we measured 19 factors related to their interpersonal connections and characteris...