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SynthesisPsychological medicine2023

Psychological treatment of perinatal depression: a meta-analysis.

Pim Cuijpers, Pamela Franco, Marketa Ciharova, Clara Miguel, Lisa Segre, Soledad Quero, Eirini Karyotaki

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Synthesis in Psychological medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5497-2743
Pamela FrancoDepartment of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marketa CiharovaDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Clara MiguelDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lisa SegreCollege of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Soledad QueroDepartment of Basic, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
Eirini KaryotakiDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversitat Jaume I · ESUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression during pregnancy and after the birth of a child is highly prevalent and an important public health problem. Psychological interventions are the first-line treatment and, although a considerable number of randomized trials have been conducted, no recent comprehensive meta-analysis has evaluated treatment effects.

methodsWe used an existing database of randomized controlled trials of psychotherapies for adult depression and included studies aimed at perinatal depression. Random effects models were used in all analyses. We examined the effects of the interventions in the short and long term, and also examined secondary outcomes.

resultsForty-three studies with 49 comparisons and 6270 participants between an intervention and control group were included. The overall effect size was

conclusionsPsychological interventions are probably effective in the treatment of perinatal depression, with effects that last at least up to 6-12 months and probably also have effects on social support, anxiety, functional impairment, parental stress, and marital stress.

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DepressionDepressive DisorderAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildFemaleHumansPregnancyPsychotherapyAntenatal depressioncognitive behavior therapyinterpersonal psychotherapymeta-analysisperinatal depressionpostpartum depressionrandomized controlled trials

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PMID37310303
PMCPMC10123831
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