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Trial reportArchives of women's mental health2015

Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Janice H Goodman, Joanna Prager, Richard Goldstein, Marlene Freeman

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Archives of women's mental health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Janice H GoodmanSchool of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, 36 1st Ave, Boston, MA, 02129, USA, jgoodman@mghihp.edu.
Joanna Prager
Richard Goldstein
Marlene Freeman
MGH Institute of Health Professions · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USSpaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · US

Funding

Dyadic Intervention for Women at Risk for Postpartum Depression and their InfantsR21HD065156 · NICHD · MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS · PI GOODMAN, JANICE · 2010 to 2011
$443k
NICHD NIH HHS 1R21HD065156-01NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD065156
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An integrated approach addressing maternal depression and associated mother-infant relationship dysfunction may improve outcomes. This study tested Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy (PDP), a dual-focused mother-infant intervention to prevent/decrease maternal postpartum depression and improve aspects of the mother-infant relationship related to child development. Women recruited from hospital postpartum units were screened using a three-stage process. Forty-two depressed first-time mothers and their 6-week-old infants were enrolled and randomized to receive the PDP intervention or usual care plus depression monitoring by phone. The intervention consisted of eight home-based, nurse-delivered mother-infant sessions consisting of (a) supportive, relationship-based, mother-infant psychotherapy, and (b) a developmentally based infant-oriented component focused on promoting positive mother-infant interactions. Data collected at baseline, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up included measures of maternal depression, anxiety, maternal self-esteem, parenting stress, and mother-infant interaction. Depression and anxiety symptoms and diagnoses decreased significantly, and maternal self-esteem increased significantly across the study time frame with no between-group differences. There were no significant differences between groups on parenting stress or mother-infant interaction at post-intervention and follow-up. No participants developed onset of postpartum depression during the course of the study. PDP holds potential for treating depression in the context of the mother-infant relationship; however, usual care plus depression monitoring showed equal benefit. Further research is needed to explore using low-intensity interventions as a first step in a stepped care approach and to determine what subset of at-risk or depressed postpartum mothers might benefit most from the PDP intervention.

Indexed as

Mother-Child RelationsObject AttachmentDepression, PostpartumFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansPatient Acceptance of Health CarePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotherapy, BriefTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID25522664
PMCPMC4439372
OpenAlexW1977151498

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