Trial reportEarly human development2013
Peer support and interpersonal psychotherapy groups experienced decreased prenatal depression, anxiety and cortisol.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of peer support for individuals with mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness of peer support from a person with lived experience of mental health challenges for young people with anxiety and depression: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Role of psychotherapy on antenatal depression, anxiety, and maternal quality of life: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for depression and anxiety in pregnant Latina and Black women in the United States: A systematic review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2020Pooled it
- Treatment of depression, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders during the perinatal period: A systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2018Pooled it
- Depressive symptoms and gestational length among pregnant adolescents: Cluster randomized control trial of CenteringPregnancy® plus group prenatal care.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depression during pregnancy in a low-income population: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of affective disorders · 2017Trial
- The role of perinatal perceived stress in the setting of adverse childhood experience and perinatal anxiety and depressive symptoms.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Gestational diabetes mellitus complicated with depression in pregnant women: a biopsychosocial analysis and intervention strategies.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Helping people help themselves? Effectiveness of a self-help group for patients with alcohol use disorders-a pilot study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Community-based perinatal mental health peer support: a realist review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Review
- Early intervention to prevent adverse child emotional and behavioural development following maternal depression in pregnancy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Why Does Psychotherapy Work and for Whom? Hormonal Answers.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Hair Cortisol, Perceived Stress, and the Effect of Group Dynamics: A Longitudinal Study of Young Men during Compulsory Military Training in Lithuania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
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- Depression and Anxiety in Mothers Who Were Pregnant During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Northern Italy: The Role of Pandemic-Related Emotional Stress and Perceived Social Support.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Multi-Modal Family Peer Support-Based Program to Improve Quality of Life among Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Forty-four prenatally depressed women were randomly assigned to peer support or interpersonal psychotherapy groups at 22 weeks gestation. The peer support group participated in a 20-minute group session once per week for 12 weeks, and the interpersonal psychotherapy group met for one hour per week for 12 weeks. Assessments were conducted before and after the sessions at 22 and 34 weeks gestation. Despite the peer support group having lower socioeconomic status and higher depression scores at the beginning of the treatment period and having shorter group sessions, both groups had lower summary depression (CES-D) scores and lower anxiety (STAI) scores by the end of the treatment period. In addition, cortisol levels decreased for both groups after the last day session, although the decrease was greater for the peer support group. The groups did not differ on neonatal outcomes including gestational age and birthweight. These data suggest that peer support group sessions may be a cost-effective form of treatment for prenatal depression.
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