How the media is reporting fathers’ mental health

Fathers' mental health in the media

You can read the latest media stories, featuring the work that I have done with fathers here:

Politiken, a leading Danish broadsheet newspaper., featured my work in two stories about fathers’ mental health in Denmark: It hurts the child when the father cannot get help and Men with postpartum depression rarely get help

As a part of International Fathers Mental Health Day (IFMHD) 2020, I was invited to join a Spotify podcast with my good friend Natasha Devon (an inspirational mental health campaigner), as part of her wonderful Staying Sane series (created as a platform to highlight major issues during Covid).

Also for IFMHD 2020, I was part of a great Speakers Collective. (online) even. It featured Mark Williams, Jo Love (a renowned mental health campaigner and blogger), Zac Newman (a mindfulness instructor and a recent dad of twins), and myself. We recorded the session through Zoom, which can now be viewed on Facebook Watch.

As result of my work with fathers' mental health, I helped BBC Radio 4 produce the documentary Dads and the Delivery Room. Mark Williams and I featured on BBC Radio talking about why this programme is important. I was on BBC Radio 5 Live with Adrian Chiles and Mark was BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine.

BBC Radio 4 produced this excellent documentary, The Science of Dads on the experience of new fathers. I contributed some information on mental health

Sky News spoke to me in a live broadcast, talking about support needed for fathers

Channel 5 News aired this great programme on men's mental health (featuring Mark and myself, along with men sharing their stories)

My work with fathers’ mental health featured in this Washington Post story Partly based around IFMHD 2019).

This BBC Radio Solent interview focused on my work with fathers who have witnessed birth trauma.

Mark and I presented a session on fathers at the Unite CPHVA Annual Professional Health Visitor Conference in October 2018. At the event, we recorded this podcast with I am a Health Visitor.

Mark and I featured in this podcast for The Really Cast (It couldn't happen to a nicer... Dad).

This You Tube video features Mark, a father of twins (who describes what happened when the birth went very wrong), and myself.

Mark and I spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live about fathers' experiences of witnessing birth trauma.

The Daily Telegraph published this story features Mark and myself (along with Dr Jane Hanley).

The Guardian has also featured two great stories about fathers, with several quotes from me (Story 1 Story 2).

This great Metro article examines fathers' mental health very well. It features Mark Williams, Helen Birch (a survivor of bereavement by suicide) and myself.

I contributed to this HuffPost UK article on postnatal depression in fathers, which also featured some of the groups that I work with (such as NCT Charity).

I wrote this blog for The Conversation (UK) here, suggesting that dads can get postnatal depression.