Significance

• Fathers play an extremely important and vital role in the development and early life of their children. Researchers are learning how paternal depression can affect a child’s life. Unfortunately, paternal depression can have a very negative impact on children in the family.
  
  

Effects

• Increasingly, studies have revealed that child development outcomes can be severely affected by paternal depression. According to Med Page Today, paternal depression can hinder the emotional development of a child.
  
  

Gender Impact

• According to the National Institute of Health, paternal depression affects infant boys more than girls. Behavioral problems among boys were associated with paternal depression in the postnatal period.
  
  

Considerations

• There is also a moderate correlation between depression and mothers and fathers. In many cases, both parents are affected by the condition.
  
  

Treatment

• Depression is not uncommon. It frequently affects both fathers and mothers of small children. It's essential that depression is treated so that it does not have a negative effect on the family's life or the child's development. Families can use psychologists, therapists and other health care professionals for depression treatment.