Fathers’ mental health is often overlooked in reproductive mental health research and practice. This presentation will provide information regarding key issues and best evidence-based clinical practice regarding paternal perinatal mental health.

Learners will:

• Gain a broad overview of key psychosocial elements in the transition to fatherhood and men’s perinatal mental health
• Review examples of how fatherhood involvement impacts the family system
• Learn evidence-based approaches to better engage fathers with perinatal services, with their children, and with their partners during pregnancy and early parenthood

Who should attend: Mental health providers, nurses, midwives, doulas, administrators, home visitors.