Men are not immune from anxiety and depression during pregnancy and childbirth

Experiencing cold sweat and body aches do not always mean that you have a physical disorder. Understand the symptoms, especially if these signs appear during pregnancy and until after delivery, both in men and women.

Perinatal anxiety and depression Source: Getty Images/Thamrongpat Theerathammakorn/EyeEm

Can someone who has never got anxiety and depression experiencing this disorder during pregnancy and childbirth?

Why can men also be affected?

SBS Indonesian talks to Dr. D. Surya Yudhantara, Sp.KJ, teaching staff at the Faculty of Medicine at Brawijaya University who is also a Psychiatric Specialist at Saiful Anwar Hospital Malang, East Java, Indonesia on this matter.

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