"What about Dad?" : Cllr calls for post natal depression checks for fathers...

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, March 2017)

When we talk about post natal depression it's normally in relation to women.

But it's estimated that it affects an estimated 1 in 10 men when they become fathers too.

Now a Stoke-on-Trent City Councillor's calling for new Dad's to receive routine mental mental health checks.

Lloyd Brown suffered from depression after the birth of his daughter even though he didn't realise what he was experiencing at the time.

He triggered a debate on the issue in the council chamber yesterday and has been talking to BBC Radio Stoke's Staffordshire Political Reporter EMMA THOMAS...