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Understanding Paternal Mental Health Training
Our Understanding Paternal Mental Health Training will help you understand why new dads mental health is important and provide the tools to recognise and respond to dads struggling with poor mental health.
Why is understanding dad's mental health important?
Child health experts worldwide agree that the first 1,000 days, from the beginning of pregnancy through to the child’s second birthday, has more influence on a child’s future than any other time in their life.
Babies and young children rely on their parents and carers to give them the warm, nurturing care they need to grow. If parents experience mental health problems during the first 1,000 days it can affect the way they are able to bond with and to care for their child. This can have an impact on the child’s intellectual, emotional, social and psychological development.
The risk of mothers' experiencing poor mental health during the perinatal period is well understood and monitored by services. However poor mental health in dads is very often undetected and therefore unsupported. And yet we now know that at least one in eight new dads suffer from postnatal depression, with up to 45% of dads affected by postnatal stress and anxiety. This may impact on a dads ability to engage supportively both as a father and as a partner and limit positive outcomes for his child, partner and family.
If we want to get it right for every child it’s important that practitioners are able to recognise if any new parent or carer is struggling with their mental health and help them access appropriate support.
Book a FREE taster session
Join us for a FREE 1 hour facilitated taster sessions open to all professionals working with families & children during the first 1,000 days in Scotland.
Trainer Scott Mair will help you understand why new dads mental health is important and provide the tools to recognise and respond to dads struggling with poor mental health.
By the end - you will have a better understanding of new dads’ mental health, the impact this can have on mums, babies and the family unit and some of the warning signs and symptoms associated with poor paternal mental health.
You will also be more confident in supporting dads involvement in service delivery & able to identify small changes to your practice that will support dad's mental health.
