Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for major depression following perinatal loss: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: This randomized controlled pilot trial examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an adapted interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for major depressive disorder (MDD) following perinatal loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, or early neonatal death). Fifty women who experienced a perinatal loss within the past 18 months, whose current depressive episode onset occurred during or after the loss, were randomized to the group IPT adapted for perinatal loss (the Group IPT for Major Depression Following Perinatal Loss manual developed for this study is available at no cost by contacting either of the first two authors) or to the group Coping with Depression (CWD), a cognitive behavioral treatment which did not focus on perinatal loss nor social support. Assessments occurred at bas

SUBMITTER: Johnson JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372988 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature