Effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Treating Women With Prenatal Depression

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy for preventing postpartum depression in pregnant women with depression and for improving healthy outcomes in their babies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00633178

Run by

New York State Psychiatric Institute

People needed

116

Starts

2005-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Score of at least 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

You may not qualify if…

• Multi-fetal pregnancy
• Taking medications that affect the cardiovascular system (e.g., doxazosin)
• History of suicide attempt or current suicidal ideation
• Psychotic features
• Life-time history of bipolar disorder
• Current eating disorder
• Currently diagnosed with any of the following: obsessive compulsive disorder, major depression with melancholic features, severe major depression, panic disorder, organic brain syndrome, mental retardation, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, or presence of three or more schizotypal features
• Smokes cigarettes
• Substance dependence or abuse
• Complicated pregnancy or delivery
• Premature delivery
• Neonate medical/developmental problems
• Taking a psychotropic medication at the time of the initial phone contact with study investigators

Where it is running

• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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