An interventional study of CBT-Counselling in Postnatal Depression, sponsored by University of Melbourne. Completed at 1 site in Australia. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-10-27.
Sponsored by University of Melbourne · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The study evaluates three best-practice care pathways for postnatal depression (PND) by comparing sole General Practitioner (GP) management to GP management in combination with CBT-based counselling from either a Psychologist or a Maternal and Child Health Nurse (MCHN).
528 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression, Postpartum; 124 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 68 is below the median of 105 across 425 interventional studies indexed under Depression, Postpartum.
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Exclusion Criteria:
CBT-counselling with Maternal Health Nurse, adjunctive to management by general medical practitioner
Behavioral: CBT-Counselling
CBT-counselling with Psychologist, adjunctive to management by general medical practitioner
Behavioral: CBT-Counselling
Ongoing management by general medical practitioner
Intervention entailed six sessions of counselling-CBT delivered either by a trained Nurse, or by a Psychologist. Sessions focussed on: psycho-education about PND, main issues of concern, assessment of symptom severity, problem solving. Behavioural interventions (pleasant activities, anxiety management, relaxation, relationship communication) were used together with cognitive interventions (understanding links between thoughts and feelings, increasing positive thoughts, challenging negative self-talk and unhelpful beliefs).
Clinical Depression Score
Time frame: 8 weeks post-randomization
This study is completed, as verified in Oct 2009. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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