Paternal Psychosis After Baby Born (PAPABAB)

Nanjing Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01011088

NMU-200911-MZ018

NJFY09331M012 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A large number of studies have investigated the psychological disorders occurred in postpartum women, and found that postpartum psychosis is common in new mothers.

However, the situation of paternal psychological status after they had their first baby is not assessed. The investigators hypothesized that they had a high occurrence of paternal psychosis after first baby born. In addition, different factors might influence its onset and development in new fathers.

Enrollment: 387 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men will be the would-be fathers
• Chinese

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years or > 50years
• Not willing to participating or completing the whole study at any time

Trial design

387 participants in 2 patient groups

Early phase

Description:

Psychoses within the first 3 months after baby born

Delayed phase

Description:

Psychoses \> 3 months to one year after baby born