Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence

We examined prospective associations between men's common mental disorders in the decades prior to offspring conception and subsequent paternal antenatal mental health problems. Data came from a prospective intergenerational cohort study which assessed common mental disorder nine times from age...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Spry, Rebecca Giallo, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Jacqui Macdonald, Denise Becker, Rohan Borschmann, Stephanie Brown, George C. Patton, Craig A. Olsson
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-03-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472417000102/type/journal_article
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author Elizabeth Spry
Rebecca Giallo
Margarita Moreno-Betancur
Jacqui Macdonald
Denise Becker
Rohan Borschmann
Stephanie Brown
George C. Patton
Craig A. Olsson
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Rebecca Giallo
Margarita Moreno-Betancur
Jacqui Macdonald
Denise Becker
Rohan Borschmann
Stephanie Brown
George C. Patton
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description We examined prospective associations between men's common mental disorders in the decades prior to offspring conception and subsequent paternal antenatal mental health problems. Data came from a prospective intergenerational cohort study which assessed common mental disorder nine times from age 14 to 29 years, and in the third trimester of subsequent pregnancies to age 35 years (N = 295 pregnancies to 214 men). Men with histories of adolescent and young adult common mental disorders were over four times more likely to experience antenatal mental health problems. Future research identifying modifiable perinatal factors that counteract preconception risk would provide further targets for intervention.
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spelling doaj.art-0f1bef98abbc41b7a50c2303e0d154b22023-03-09T12:28:44ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242018-03-014586010.1192/bjo.2017.10Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescenceElizabeth Spry0Rebecca Giallo1Margarita Moreno-Betancur2Jacqui Macdonald3Denise Becker4Rohan Borschmann5Stephanie Brown6George C. Patton7Craig A. Olsson8Research Officer, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, and PhD candidate, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, GeelongSenior Research Fellow, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, MelbournePostdoctoral research fellow, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of MelbourneLecturer in Psychology, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research InstituteBiostatistician, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, MelbourneSenior Research Fellow, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, and Honorary Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, LondonSenior Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, and Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of MelbourneProfessorial Fellow in Adolescent Health Research, University of Melbourne, and Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research CouncilProfessor and Head of the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, and Honorary Principal Research Fellow, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, AustraliaWe examined prospective associations between men's common mental disorders in the decades prior to offspring conception and subsequent paternal antenatal mental health problems. Data came from a prospective intergenerational cohort study which assessed common mental disorder nine times from age 14 to 29 years, and in the third trimester of subsequent pregnancies to age 35 years (N = 295 pregnancies to 214 men). Men with histories of adolescent and young adult common mental disorders were over four times more likely to experience antenatal mental health problems. Future research identifying modifiable perinatal factors that counteract preconception risk would provide further targets for intervention.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472417000102/type/journal_article
spellingShingle Elizabeth Spry
Rebecca Giallo
Margarita Moreno-Betancur
Jacqui Macdonald
Denise Becker
Rohan Borschmann
Stephanie Brown
George C. Patton
Craig A. Olsson
Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
BJPsych Open
title Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
title_full Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
title_fullStr Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
title_full_unstemmed Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
title_short Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence
title_sort preconception prediction of expectant fathers mental health 20 year cohort study from adolescence
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472417000102/type/journal_article
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