About the Book: Even the Darkest Night: A Fathers Journey of Hope and Healing
from Paternal Depression
Offering hope and illumination, the bone-raw story of a fathers failure to bond
with his infant twin daughters, and his journey through paternal depression—an
often undiagnosed condition that affects millions of new fathers.
After a traumatic birth nearly claimed his wifes life, anesthesiologist and
intensive care physician Christopher Choukalas should have felt grateful. His
twin daughters were healthy, his wife had survived, and they had started a
family. But instead of joy, Choukalas found himself spiraling—spending long
evenings in the garage, unable to face the chaos and