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Dads Get Postpartum Depression Too

When the depression hit after the birth of his first child, Joel Schwartzberg said he didn't believe anyone had a name for what he was going through. "Within the first week of bringing my baby home, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, what have we done?'" Schwartzberg said of his son, who is now 10. Going out and seeing other new parents only made his anxiety worse. "Other fathers felt happy and joyous," said Schwartzberg. "Inside, I felt like my world had collapsed, and along with that, I felt a...Full Story
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