Built on NHS perinatal mental health training. Aligned with NICE guidelines.
Here is where those emotional changes after birth start to make sense.
Your postnatal journey has started. The highly emotional time of new everything is settling into more of a routine. It is still all very navigational, it can change in an instant. Except one thing. It creeps in slowly, and if Mum is experiencing it Dad is likely too. Paternal Postnatal Depression affects 1 in 10 new fathers. You are not the only one. And now there is somewhere to go.
This is the only UK resource built specifically for paternal postnatal depression – for the father experiencing it and the partner watching it happen.
About this assessment
This assessment is built for you. We ask that you self assess so that you can determine your level of care and the help you may need.
Everything here has your privacy at heart. You can complete the assessment and be pointed in the right direction. Everything is at your discretion.
If your results suggest professional support, we strongly encourage you to follow that guidance. We have a number of articles available to help you feel confident in having those conversations – if you want to read before committing, go ahead.
Parents2Be International is not a clinical service and does not replace one. We strongly recommend acting on your assessment outcomes – they are evidence-based, designed to save you time and give you confidence in your next steps.
Addressing the gap the NHS has named but not yet filled.
New dads experience postnatal depression
Go undiagnosed or unsupported
UK dads affected every year
Why Parents2Be International Exists
The gap is real. The silence costs families everything.
When a baby arrives, the conversation around postnatal mental health centres almost entirely on mothers – and rightly so. But fathers are struggling in silence.
Paternal postnatal depression is clinically recognised, affects 1 in 10 new dads and peaks between three and six months after birth. The majority go undiagnosed. Most never tell anyone.
Not because they do not feel it. Because they have no language for it, no infrastructure around them and no resource built specifically for them.
We translate peer-reviewed research from JAMA Pediatrics, The Lancet Psychiatry and leading developmental psychology journals into guidance that lands in the actual conditions of new fatherhood: sleep-deprived, uncertain and too conditioned to ask for help.
If you are a dad who does not recognise himself right now – this is for you. If you are a partner watching someone you love disappear into silence, this was built for you too.
Resources
Whatever you need right now – there is something here for you.
Free
The 7 Signs Guide
The 7 signs of paternal postnatal depression – written in two voices. One for the father who does not recognise himself. One for the partner who does.
Most Popular
The New Father’s Postnatal Code
Evidence-based guidance for new fathers navigating the postnatal period. Plain language. Built on peer-reviewed research and NHS perinatal mental health training.
Complete Recovery
90-Day Recovery Toolkit
A self-guided interactive toolkit. Five sections. 90-day structured plan. Personalised to your answers. Digital or professionally printed copy posted to your door.
By purchasing you agree to our Terms and Conditions. Parents2Be International is not a clinical service. For immediate support contact your GP or the Samaritans on 116 123.
Free Guide
The 7 Signs – free, instant, written for 3am.
Most dads do not know paternal postnatal depression has a name. This free guide cuts through that silence in seven clear signs, grounded in clinical research and written in plain language.