"Fathers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Male parents, human or animal.
| Descriptor ID |
D005220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.500.320.100 I01.880.853.150.500.340.210 M01.620.390
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fathers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fathers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fathers" by people in Profiles.
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Mental health as a family experience: Relationship of paternal characteristics with maternal perinatal depressive symptoms in a matched sample. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2023 02; 26(1):135-139.
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A paternal bias in germline mutation is widespread in amniotes and can arise independently of cell division numbers. Elife. 2022 08 02; 11.
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Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for Dads: A piloted randomized trial of public health surveillance of recent fathers' behaviors before and after infant birth. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262366.
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Parental Bonding in Trichotillomania and Skin Picking Disorder. Psychiatr Q. 2022 06; 93(2):409-418.
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The Development and Pilot of a Technology-Based Intervention in the United States for Father's Mental Health in the Perinatal Period. Am J Mens Health. 2021 Sep-Oct; 15(5):15579883211044306.
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Expanding the international conversation with fathers' mental health: toward an era of inclusion in perinatal research and practice. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2021 10; 24(5):841-848.
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Maternal and Paternal Depression Symptoms During NICU Stay and Transition Home. Pediatrics. 2021 08; 148(2).
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Men's Knowledge of Anticipatory Guidance Topics: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey. Acad Pediatr. 2021 07; 21(5):830-837.
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Black American Fathers Employed in Higher-Risk Contexts for Contracting COVID-19: Implications for Individual Wellbeing and Work-Family Spillover. Am J Mens Health. 2021 Mar-Apr; 15(2):15579883211005617.
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Kangaroo father care: A pilot feasibility study of physiologic, biologic, and psychosocial measures to capture the effects of father-infant and mother-infant skin-to-skin contact in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 07; 63(5):1521-1533.