Why does having a baby push some couples to the brink? The risk of depression and anxiety are heightened for women after birth – and can have devastating results. But what is less known is that about one in ten men also suffer from mental illness directly after the birth. Hormones don’t play as much of a part in peri natal depression (PND) as previously thought. Men can feel overwhelmed by new fatherhood – a world that is completely unfamiliar. They are often unprepared for the demands of supporting their partners, being the sole economic provider, combined with sleeplessness and coping with a new born. There aren’t any services for new fathers, should there be? The federal government is injecting $85 million into screening and treatments for depression in pregnant women and new mothers. But will it fix the problem? And are women who suffer severe PND helped by this injection? Are we doing enough to support men and women in the first year after a baby is born? What affect does depression have on the newborn?