TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Impact of paternal psychiatric disorders on parents-baby separation after mother-baby unit care
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Gressier, Florence
A1  - Glangeaud-Freudenthal, Nine M. C.
A1  - Essadek, Aziz
A1  - Falissard, Bruno
A1  - Corruble, Emmanuelle
A1  - Sutter-Dallay, Anne-Laure
SP  - e106652
EP  - e106652
VL  - 149
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Paternal mental health may have an impact on parenthood especially in case of maternal postpartum severe psychiatric illness. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to search for an association between paternal psychiatric disorder and parents-baby separation after a maternal joint hospitalization for a severe postpartum psychiatric episode. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: In an observational, naturalist and multicentric study, 787 fathers whose partner was hospitalized in a mother-baby unit were included. <br><br>METHODS: Fathers were assessed for psychiatric diagnoses associated with parents-baby separation. <br><br>RESULTS: 25 % of the fathers had a psychiatric disorder. 69 babies (8.77 %) were separated from their parents at the end of the joint hospitalization. In multivariate analysis, parents-baby separation was associated with a paternal diagnosis of addictive disorder (OR = 8.35, 95 % CI [3.45-30.30]) and psychotic disorder (OR = 5.76, 95 % CI [1.97-16.78]), independently from potential confounding variables including maternal psychiatric diagnosis. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the major impact of a paternal psychiatric disorder in the outcome of a joint hospitalization. A paternal mental illness should be systematically looked for in case of a severe maternal postpartum psychiatric episode, considering it is predictive of parenthood difficulties.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106652
ID  - ref1
ER  -