Brief Psychotherapy for Maternal Depression: Impact on Mothers and Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Two-generation studies demonstrate that treating maternal depression benefits school-age children. Although mothers prefer psychotherapy to medication, little is known about how psychotherapy for maternal depression affects offspring, especially in very high-risk families in which both mothers and children concurrently meet syndromal criteria for psychiatric disorders. This trial evaluated the effects of 2 brief psychotherapies for maternal depression on very high-risk families.

Method

Mothers with major depressive disorder were randomly assigned to 9 sessions of either brief interpersonal psychotherapy for mothers (IPT-MOMS; n = 85) or brief supportive psychotherapy (BSP; n = 83). Independent assessors evaluated mothers and their children, ages 7 to 18 years, diag

SUBMITTER: Swartz HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4886238 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature