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SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2015

The effects of psychological treatment of maternal depression on children and parental functioning: a meta-analysis.

Pim Cuijpers, Erica Weitz, Eirini Karyotaki, Judy Garber, Gerhard Andersson

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Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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83citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Brief Psychotherapy for Maternal Depression: Impact on Mothers and Children.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2016
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  18. Managing anxiety-related disorders from pregnancy to parenthood.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p.cuijpers@psy.vu.nl.
Erica Weitz
Eirini Karyotaki
Judy Garber
Gerhard Andersson
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLEMGO Institute for Health and Care Research · NLLinköping University · SEVanderbilt University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful treatment of parental depression may have a positive effect on the functioning and psychopathology of their children. We conducted a meta-analysis to examine the effects of psychotherapy for depressed mothers on their children and parental functioning. We used a database of randomized controlled trials examining the effects of psychotherapy for adult depression and selected trials comparing psychotherapy and control conditions in depressed mothers and reporting outcomes in their children and parental functioning. Nine studies were included. The quality of these studies was not optimal and the outcome instruments differed considerably from each other. The therapies resulted in significantly decreased levels of depression (g = 0.66) in the mothers. In the seven studies that reported outcomes on the mental health of children, a significant effect size was also found (g = 0.40). The eight studies examining mother-child interactions resulted in a significant effect size of g = 0.35, and the five studies examining parenting/marital distress had a pooled effect size of g = 0.67. We found that psychotherapy leads to decreased levels of depression in depressed mothers and also found indications that psychotherapy may have a positive effect on the mental health of their children and parenting/marital distress. However, more high-quality research is needed before a definite answer can be given.

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Mother-Child RelationsPsychotherapyAdultChildChild of Impaired ParentsDepressionFamilyFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMothersParentingPsychopathologyTreatment Outcome

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PMID25522839
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