None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Depression during pregnancy (antenatal depression) is a clinical condition in its own right, which has been under-recognised and is in urgent need of an evidence-based treatment. This study will evaluate our Beating the Blues before Birth (BBB) program as a treatment for antenatal depression. It is hypothesised that women receiving the BBB program will report less depression and anxiety at post-treatment and at 6-month follow-up than women in the routine care condition.
Interventions
Women allocated to the intervention condition receive the 'Beating the Blues before Birth' treatment package, which consists of eight individual cognitive-behavioural therapy sessions with a psychologist (the woman's partner is invited to attend one of the sessions). Sessions are delivered weekly over 8 weeks and are an hour in length.
All women who participate (regardless of allocated condition) receive a clinical assessment with a specialist psychologist, help linking in with appropriate heal
Women allocated to the intervention condition receive the 'Beating the Blues before Birth' treatment package, which consists of eight individual cognitive-behavioural therapy sessions with a psychologist (the woman's partner is invited to attend one of the sessions). Sessions are delivered weekly over 8 weeks and are an hour in length. All women who participate (regardless of allocated condition) receive a clinical assessment with a specialist psychologist, help linking in with appropriate health professionals and support services, a 'community connections' pamphlet that we developed which encourages the use of community supports and includes a list of contacts for appropriate servcies, and an 'Emotional health during pregnancy and early parenthood' booklet from beyondblue.
Sponsors
Parent-Infant Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be women aged 18 years or over who are less than 32 weeks pregnant and who meet the Diagnostic amd Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria for either Major Depression, Minor Depression, Adjustment Disorder with depressed mood, or Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria are: Co-morbid Axis I disorder or medical condition likely to interfere with participation, risk requiring crisis management, participation in other psychological programs, and significant difficulty with English.
Outcome results
None listed