Depressed fathers 'hit learning'


	Depressed fathers 'hit learning'

Tri-City Psychology

5-10-2008 11:32 AM

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><B>Children whose fathers are depressed have smaller vocabularies than those who do not, a US study suggests.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/883AF90D-F25F-462D-B139-3029841D1FED" alt="Father and child" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><P>But the Eastern Virginia Medical School study of 5,000 families found language development in children whose mothers had similar symptoms seemed unaffected. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><P>Researchers said by the age of two, children with depressed fathers used 1.5 fewer words than the average of 29. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><P>This could be because depressed fathers spent less time reading to their children, they wrote in New Scientist. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><P>The researchers, led by paediatric psychologist James Paulson, surveyed about 5,000 families. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7388367.stm"><table background="" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><DIV><DIV><IMG height="20" hspace="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" width="34" vspace="0" border="0" /> <B>Men may not be likely to seek help for themselves but when other people who depend on them become affected, that may change the landscape</B> <IMG height="20" hspace="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" width="33" align="right" vspace="0" border="0" /><BR clear="all" /></DIV></DIV><DIV><DIV>James Paulson<BR />Eastern Virginia Medical School</DIV></DIV></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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