Trial reportPsychotherapy and psychosomatics2012
Can a brief antepartum preventive group intervention help reduce postpartum depressive symptomatology?
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- Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Prenatal and postnatal maternal mental health and school-age child development: a systematic review.Maternal and child health journal · 2014Pooled it
- Preventing postpartum depression: a meta-analytic review.Clinical psychology review · 2013Pooled it
- Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- A coparent intervention to prevent prenatal stress and depression symptoms in families with lower incomes.Family relations · 2026Article
- Effects of prenatal psychotherapies and psychosocial interventions on depressive symptoms, anxious symptoms and stress: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy in comparison to other psychological and pharmacological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms in women diagnosed with postpartum depression in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- Resilience and Psychological Well-Being of Polish Women in the Perinatal Period during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- African Immigrant Mothers' Views of Perinatal Mental Health and Acceptability of Perinatal Mental Health Screening: Quantitative Cross-sectional Survey Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Optimizing cognitive and behavioral approaches for perinatal depression: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Resilience-enhancing interventions for antepartum depressive symptoms: systematic review.BJPsych open · 2022Review
- Perinatal depression and anxiety of primipara is higher than that of multipara in Japanese women.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- An integrated community mental healthcare program to reduce suicidal ideation and improve maternal mental health during the postnatal period: the findings from the Nagano trial.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- The Impact of Antenatal Psychological Group Interventions on Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
- Optimizing the treatment of mood disorders in the perinatal period.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2015Review
- Preventing postpartum depression: review and recommendations.Archives of women's mental health · 2015Review
- The Public's views of mental health in pregnant and postpartum women: a population-based study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundPsychosocial and psychological interventions are generally effective in reducing depressive symptomatology in the postpartum period. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief preventive group intervention for postpartum depression (PPD) in a naturalistic setting, and study the effect of this on social and psychological risk factors.
methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial (n = 1,719) in south-eastern Hungary in 62 antepartum centers. Pregnant women (n = 710) underwent a 4-session preventive group intervention whereas a control group (n = 1,009) attended 4 sessions providing the same information given in usual care.
resultsOur intervention appeared to significantly reduce the risk of PPD, as defined by Leverton Questionnaire total scores (OR = 0.69). It resulted in an absolute risk reduction of about 18% in those with antepartum depression and 0.5% in those with no depression at recruitment. A multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a much reduced risk in those with a perceived lack of partner support (OR = 0.4) in the treatment group. Unplanned pregnancy, an irreversible risk factor affecting every fifth woman, also seemed to have a reduced effect on PPD after our group intervention (OR = 0.81).
conclusionsA brief preventive antepartum group intervention focusing on psychoeducation, stress management, improving coping mechanisms, and the development of social support can be effective in reducing postpartum depressive symptomatology.
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