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Dave Edwards screaming holding his young son,

Dave Edwards says that his son was born, and did not stop for 12 months.

It was a tough introduction to the education of children for the 33-year-old, spent those early days at home on Parental Leave . Severely sleep deprived, he returned to his job in Human Resources , five weeks after the birth.

"I was in a fairly frequent state of anxiety, fear, my partner at home with a screaming baby. I had to do a job that was pretty stressful," Brisbane, Australia-living father.

A few months later, he felt to keep the full grip of anxiety and depression.

Mr Edwards later discovered, he was one of the many Men who suffer from mental illness, after the birth of a child.

representation of the interests of Postpartum Support International, says that in the United States, one in seven mothers and 10 fathers experience postpartum (after birth) depression. The Group says that these rates are largely reflected in the developed world.

In the UK, the research from the parenting group, the NCT found that More Than a third of new fathers worried about the Mental Health , citing factors such as financial responsibility and lack of sleep.

For Mr. Edwards, his fight was made more difficult because tasks at work.

He remembers staring at the computer screen, the feeling of being constantly upset and floundering, to focus.

"it was expected of me, straight back on The Horse and fulfill my pre-dad life at work," The Father of two says.

It is a story that many women know. Mothers remain the dominant caregivers, and have fought long and hard on How To balance career and family.

But many of the fathers are signs of stress in the workplace as obligations, which are growing outside of their jobs.

'fear is rising'

Amy Beacom, founder of the center for Parental Leave leadership, works with companies such as Microsoft and the energy company Phillips 66 , coaching, and training tied to the parents time.

she says, the pressure, the felt frequently, the mothers charged increasingly the fathers, of the need not just to "bring home the paycheck".

"Well , you are expected to be rising at home and your stress level, your postpartum depression levels rise, and your fear grew. This has very real implications in the workplace," Ms Beacom.

your American organization is about to take, for the implementation of the Mental Health screening during the perinatal period, which runs from pregnancy to a year after birth, for mothers and fathers.

"We do it for the mothers and we bring it for the fathers," she says.

the Shifting landscape

This type of screening can some of the way, but the company take further measures to support fathers at work.

"Men are more involved in their kids life More Than ever before. But what has not changed is The Number of hours the Men work," says Kiri Stejko, chief services officer parents are at work.

The consulting company provides the workplace training to help customers in Australia, the UK and Hong Kong parents, juggling work, family and Well -being.

she works with companies such as Deloitte and HSBC, and says that the employers want, the Problem is not just about women and babies, but families and parents.

On the practical level, this means that the programs, to leave the previously targeted towards women on How To care for a new baby, or flexible working arrangements.

Many Men want to work more flexibly, Ms Stejko says, but find it "is not really accepted yet."

Some Men feel it is tied to a stigma, to withdraw from the work and asking for help can seem to be risky to your career.

It is a concern for The Father of five, Alex Laguna observed, the establishment of the website BetterDads. First of all, a platform to support the Men through divorce, affect the Website now also on more General aspects of work and family.

Mr. Laguna says Men often difficult to step away from their work places, hung up on worries about how it will look to "other Men , with which we work".

"It really says very nerve-wracking, to work to say no," Sydney's dad.

Alex Laguna plays with two of his children,

The 44-year-old, who is not running also says a lighting company, that his generation had many Role Models , such as family and work in the way that is now expected.

"We are The First to go through it, we are faced with a variety of challenges. "

Start conversations

experts welcome to support the efforts of the company, working fathers are while the demand for more to be done to the level of awareness.

Terri Smith, chief executive of not-for-profit group of Perinatal anxiety and Depression, Australia, says many people are not aware that perinatal mental illness, which affects Men and, therefore, no support to offer.

she says, The First step is to recognize is, it is a "real disease" and start conversations about it at work.

Mark Williams from Bridgend in Wales, suffered from depression following the traumatic birth of his son, and was allowed to return to work as a sales and marketing coach, so difficult that he had to resign. He founded The Charity to Reach out to fathers, and campaigns to raise awareness in the UK.

"It's not just depression, Men could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or anxiety," he says. "You might have already mentally at home, and all of a sudden, bang, Two Weeks after the birth, it's time to go back to work. "

He says, managers and health professionals on issues in need of new fathers, how you feel and be ready to support.

Mr Edwards agrees, and thinks he would have benefited from his boss just to Check in on him after he returned to work.

"I have a lot of it would have happened like this in the house, as it is going to go your partner? But nothing about me," he says.

This is a picture of Peter Rhodes and his children appeared in the photo exhibition, Aussie dads by Johan Bävman and parents at work

public sector worker says he is a much better place, and now wants to help others.

"With the new dad, who is on the search itself is very important, because of how I felt through this dark couple of months... it was not pleasant and I know it had an influence on my work as Well . "

postnatal depression, flexible working, parental leave, parenting, anxiety

Source of news: bbc.com