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Paternal Mental Health: Current Challenges and How Healthcare Professionals Can Help
Three experts in paternal mental health — researcher and clinical psychologist Sheehan D. Fisher, PhD, clinical psychologist Danny Singley, PhD, and pediatrician David Levine, MD, who personally experienced postpartum depression and anxiety — will be sharing the current landscape, challenges, and solutions to better support the mental health of fathers.
Meet the Presenters
Meet the Presenters
Sheehan D. Fisher, Ph.D.
Perinatal Clinical Psychologist
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, The Graduate School
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
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Sheehan Fisher, PhD is an Associate Professor and perinatal clinical psychologist at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at The Graduate School.
His research career focuses on the effects of perinatal and subsequent parental mental health on infant/child health outcomes, with a specialization in the emerging field of father mental health. His aim is to reconceptualize parental mental health research to integrally involve fathers to differentiate parents’ impact on child medical and mental health.
Dr. Fisher’s research dovetails with his perinatal clinical practice, including being the clinical director of the Fathers’ Mental Health Specialty Clinic. He is also chair of the International Marcé Society’s Fathers Special Interest Group.
Ultimately, the goal of his research plan is to optimize the health and effectiveness of the parental team to positively influence the child health trajectory starting during pregnancy.
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David Levine, MD, FAAP
General Pediatrician
Head of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Atlantic Health System
Vice Chair of the Board, Postpartum Support International
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Dr. Levine is a New Jersey based pediatrician with the Atlantic Medical Group and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He suffered from postpartum depression with his first child, but that did not stop him from having a second, nor from having postpartum anxiety with that one. He has spoken about his experiences at multiple postpartum mental health conferences, as well as on The Charlie Rose Show.
In what passes as free time, Dr. Levine likes to play softball, watch movies and sports, sleep, and spend time with his family – not in that order.
Daniel B. Singley, Ph.D., ABPP, PMH-C
Clinical Psychologist, The Center for Men’s Excellence
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Dr. Singley is a San Diego-based board certified psychologist and Director of The Center for Men’s Excellence.
His research and practice focus on men’s mental health with a particular emphasis on reproductive psychology and the transition to fatherhood. He is Past President of the American Psychological Association’s Section on Positive Psychology and is the current President-Elect of the APA’s Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity as well as serving on Postpartum Support International’s President’s Advisory Council.
He conducts trainings, presentations, media interviews, and organizational consultation around the country to assist individuals and organizations to enhance their level of father inclusiveness.
Dr. Singley founded the grant-funded Basic Training for New Dads, Inc nonprofit in order to give new fathers the tools they need to be highly engaged with their infants as well as their partners.
In his free time, Dr. Singley likes to cook, surf, read, and sucker his kids into listening to podcasts about masculinity and the psychology of dads.
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