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- Perinatal depression affects both mothers and their babies, prompting a study to test a new therapy combining interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and postpartum dyadic therapy.
- Nine pregnant women showing signs of depression participated, with three dropping out during treatment.
- Results indicated that 87% of the participants improved significantly in their depression scores as they approached the end of pregnancy, and all showed improvement by the one-year mark postpartum.
Article Abstract
Perinatal depression is a major public health burden impacting both mothers and their offspring. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the acceptability and feasibility of a novel psychotherapeutic intervention that integrates an evidence-based intervention for depression, interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), with postpartum dyadic psychotherapy focused on emotional development in the context of the mother-infant relationship. Nine women between 12 and 30 weeks gestation with Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) scores >12 were entered into treatment. Three out of nine women dropped out of the study after initiating treatment (one lost to follow-up antepartum; two lost to follow-up postpartum). Seven out of eight women (87 %) reported clinically significant improvements in EDS scores from baseline to 37-39 weeks gestation, and all women had clinically significant improvements at 12 months postpartum. A small randomized controlled trial is underway to further examine the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention.
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