Companies are doing more to support working dads but may overlook postnatal mental illness in men.
He remembers staring at the computer screen, feeling constantly agitated and struggling to concentrate.
But many fathers are showing signs of strain in the workplace as obligations outside their jobs grow.Amy Beacom, founder of the Centre for Parental Leave Leadership, works with companies like Microsoft and energy firm Phillips 66 to provide coaching and training tied to parental leave. Her US-based organisation wants companies to conduct mental health screening during the perinatal period, which runs from pregnancy to one year after birth, for mothers and fathers.Those kinds of screenings may be some way off but companies are taking other steps to support dads at work.
She works with firms including Deloitte and HSBC, and says employers want to make the issue not just about women and babies, but about families and parents. Mr Laguna says men often struggle to step away from their jobs, hung up on worries over how it will look to"other men we work with".Image captionThe 44-year-old, who also runs a lighting company, says his generation hasn't had many role models on how to balance family and work in the way that is now expected.Experts welcome efforts by companies to support working dads while calling for more to be done to build awareness.
Mark Williams from Bridgend in Wales suffered from depression after the traumatic birth of his son, and found returning to work as a sales and marketing trainer so difficult that he had to resign. He founded the charity Fathers Reaching Out and campaigns to raise awareness in the UK.
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