Table 2.

Summary of Included Studies.

Author(s), date	Article or study type	Intervention/treatment	Role of father	Psychological approach or theory	Duration of study or intervention	Sample/setting/country	Themes uncovered
Austin (2003)	Conceptual	Not applicable	Focus on both parents	Not applicable	Not applicable	Australia	Perinatal mental health should be reconceptualized as a whole family concern
Davey et al. (2006)	Qualitative	Group therapy	Primary	Psychoeducational and CBT	2-Hour sessions over 6 weeks	16 Fathers in a coastal–rural community, Australia	Fathers as supporting partners to mothers living with PND
Edward et al. (2015)	Integrative literature review	Not applicable	Primary	Various referred to including CBT	Not applicable	Australia	Proposes treatment option(s) for fathers with PPND
Fitzgerald et al. (2012)	Correlational study assessing fathers’ needs	Not applicable	Primary	Proposes CBT and peer support	Not applicable	96 Urban and 31 rural low-income fathers, United States	Proposes treatment option(s) for fathers with PPND
Fletcher et al. (2015)	Conceptual	Not applicable	Primary	Father-inclusive practice	Not applicable	United States, Australia	The transition to fatherhood, the lack of support and how father-specific treatment options need to be considered
Habib (2012)	Conceptual	Not applicable	Primary	Psychoeducation, psychotherapy, and CBT	Not applicable	Australia	Proposes treatment option(s) for fathers with PPND
Kowlessar et al. (2015)	Qualitative assessment of fathers’ needs	Not applicable	Primary	Not applicable	Not applicable	10 First-time fathers, United Kingdom	The transition to fatherhood, the lack of support, and how father-specific treatment options need to be considered
Letourneau, Dennis, et al. (2012)	Realist review	Not applicable	Focus on both parents	Psychosocial, psychotherapy, couples therapy	Not applicable	Canada	Perinatal mental health should be reconceptualized as a whole family concern
Letourneau, Tryphonopoulos, et al. (2012)	Qualitative-assessing support needs	Not applicable	Primary	Range of support interventions suggested	Not applicable	40 Fathers, Canada	Fathers as supporting partners to mothers living with PND
Madsen (2009)	Qualitative analysis of statements from men in psychotherapy	Psychotherapy	Primary	Psychotherapy	Not stated	>100 Men, Denmark	Proposes treatment option(s) for fathers with PPND
Milgrom et al. (2005)	Randomized control trial of interventions for women with PND	Individual or group-based counselling or group-based CBT	Secondary	Counselling, group therapy or CBT	12 × 90 Minute weekly sessions (partners incl. in 3)	192 Women, Melbourne, Australia	Fathers as supporting partners to mothers living with PND
Rowe et al. (2013)	Qualitative assessment of support needs	Not applicable	Focus on both parents	Not applicable	Not applicable	22 Women, 16 men rural and urban, Australia	Perinatal mental health should be reconceptualized as a whole family concern
Spector (2006)	Literature review	Not applicable	Primary	Psychodynamic, CBT, and group therapy	Not applicable	United States	Proposes treatment option(s) for fathers with PPND

Note. CBT = cognitive behavioral therapy; PND = perinatal depression; PPND = paternal perinatal depression.