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According to a recent study, children of fathers who are depressed tend to signs of behavioral and emotional problems show, although not yet clearly known.
This study also showed that children with both parents who are depressed experience a particularly high similar things. This study was published online in the journal Pediatrics.

“These findings provide some answers to these relationships. But so far there is no definitive answer about the relationship between health and development of the child in the family with a father who stressed before,” said Dr. Michael Weitzman, a professor of the health of the child and the environment of New York University School of Medicine.

Many studies have examined how mental disorders in the mother (postpartum depression) affects children, said Weitzman. The researchers even found evidence that the father may also experience depression after the birth of a child. But only a few studies have examined how mental states can influence their child’s father is.

In a recent study, the researchers looked at the results of a survey of 22,000 American children aged 5-17 years. The researchers looked for signs of depression are based on the answers, but there are no parents or children who are diagnosed with depression.

Of the study found about 7.5 percent of children signs of behavioral or emotional problems. Older children (12-17 years), male, and lived with smokers had higher levels of depression.

Meanwhile, as much as 20 percent of children with depressed mothers show signs of depression. While the children of depressed fathers depression rate of 16 percent. Amount, then jumped to 25 percent if both parents are depressed, says Weitzman.

Weitzman said, parents who are depressed, children can be depressed. Another possibility is that depressed children, the elderly depressed.

While Dr. Rahil Briggs, assistant professor of pediatrics from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said: “a parent who is depressed may struggle to help their children regulate emotions, which if untreated can lead to poor social and emotional development children. “