<![CDATA[Background: Mental health status affects men and women of all ages, races, socioeconomics. Mental health conditions can cause changes in thoughts, feelings, moods, behavior and affect a person's ability to function every day and in relationshipswith other people. Perinatal depression is a mental health condition including major or minor depressive episodes that occur during pregnancy or in the first twelve months after delivery. Perinatal depression is the most common medical complication ofpregnancy. The focus of world attention has begun to realize the importance of paying attention to women's mental health status, but unfortunately attention to Paternal PostNatal Depression (PPD) is still lacking.Methode: The aim of this research is to review current research on postnatal depression in fathers regarding symptoms and causal factors. This research carried out a comprehensive search of 5 databases from 2018 - 2023. Initial searchparameters with keywords: "postpartum depression", "postnatal depression" or "perinatal depression" and "father" or "male" or "paternal" with inclusion and exclusion criteria and following PRISMA guidelines. Results: Based on the literature review, there were 311 samples of selected articles that matched the keywords and 196 articles were not available in fulltext form and 109articles with exclusion criteria were eliminated, so that 11 relevant articles were reviewed with the results of the analysis showing that depression in fathers after birth child is associated with a personal history of depression or the presence of depressionin the partner (wife) during pregnancy and immediately after giving birth. Suggestion: Screening related to mental health during pregnancy and after birth also needs to be carried out on fathers, not just mothers.Key words: Depression, paternal, symptoms, causes.]]>
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