Randomized Controlled Trial of the Alma Peer Mentoring Program for Pregnant Women Experiencing Depression

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Conditions studied: Depression, Depression, Postpartum

In brief

Women have double the odds of getting depressed as men and commonly experience depression during the childbearing and early parenting years. Many new and expectant mothers who experience depression never receive help. Alma is a new program, collaboratively developed by a team of researchers, clinicians, and mothers who have personal experience with depression, to support women experiencing depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In the Alma program, mothers who themselves have experienced and recovered from depression during the perinatal period, are trained to provide peer mentoring to depressed new and expectant mothers. Peer mentors are trained by professionals who are experts in using skills to recover from depression. These skills are informed by an evidence-based framework called Behavioral Activation (BA). Peer mentors do not provide psychotherapy and are not licensed mental health providers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02883686

Run by

University of Colorado, Boulder

People needed

27

Starts

2019-02-06

Expected to finish

2020-04-28

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Currently enrolled member of Kaiser Permanente of Colorado (KPCO)
• Current PHQ-9 score greater than or equal to 10
• Current Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) score less than 3
• Currently pregnant

You may not qualify if…

• Lifetime diagnosis of bipolar disorder or psychotic symptoms
• Dementia or cognitive impairment disorder recorded in the medical record
• Current substance abuse behavior
• At immediate risk of self-harm
• Unable to speak and read English

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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