Interpersonal Therapy-Based Treatment to Prevent Postpartum Depression in Adolescent Mothers

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Conditions studied: Postpartum Depression

In brief

The Specific Aim of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether Project REACH (an interpersonal psychotherapy-based intervention) compared with a didactic attention-control program reduces the risk of PPD in adolescent mothers. Primary Hypothesis: 1. The intervention (Project REACH) will be significantly more efficacious than the control program in reducing the risk of PPD up to six months postpartum in adolescent mothers. Secondary Hypotheses: 2. The decreased rate of major depression in the Project REACH group compared to the control program group will be sustained through one year postpartum. 3. Adolescent mothers in Project REACH compared to the control program group will have higher levels of maternal-child bonding.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01482832

Run by

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

People needed

250

Starts

2011-12-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-24

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Less than 24 weeks pregnant
• Not currently being treated for depression
• Speaks and reads English fluently

You may not qualify if…

• Currently receiving mental health services from a health care provider
• Meets DSM-IV criteria for an affective disorder, substance use disorder, or psychosis

Where it is running

• Women & Infants Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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