{"id":2737,"date":"2012-05-01T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2012-05-02T17:36:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:36:43","slug":"researchers-introduce-new-group-intervention-that-helps-prevent-depression-after-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2012\/05\/researchers-introduce-new-group-intervention-that-helps-prevent-depression-after-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers introduce new group intervention that helps prevent depression after delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <em>Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics\u00a0 <\/em>press release via AlphaGalileo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"depression\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/images\/blogpics\/Anxiety2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"200\" \/>A study performed in Hungary and published in the current issue of <em>Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics<\/em> introduces <strong>a new group intervention that may prevent depression after delivery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychosocial and psychological interventions are generally effective in reducing depressive symptomatology in the postpartum period<\/strong>. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief preventive group intervention for postpartum depression (PPD) in a naturalistic setting, and study the effect of this on social and psychological risk factors. A randomized controlled trial (n=1,719) in south-eastern Hungary in 62 antepartum centers was conducted. Pregnant women (n=710) underwent a 4-session preventive group intervention whereas a control group (n=1,009) attended 4 sessions providing the same information given in usual care.<\/p>\n<p>The intervention appeared to significantly reduce the risk of PPD, as defined by Leverton Questionnaire total scores (OR=0.69). It resulted in an absolute risk reduction of about 18% in those with antepartum depression and 0.5% in those with no depression at recruitment. A multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a much reduced risk in those with a perceived lack of partner support (OR=0.4) in the treatment group. Unplanned pregnancy, an irreversible risk factor affecting every fifth woman, also seemed to have a reduced effect on PPD after the group intervention (OR=0.81). <strong>A brief preventive antepartum group intervention focusing on psychoeducation, stress management, improving coping mechanisms, and the development of social support can be effective in reducing postpartum depressive symptomatology.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics\u00a0 press release via AlphaGalileo: A study performed in Hungary and published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new group&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2012\/05\/researchers-introduce-new-group-intervention-that-helps-prevent-depression-after-delivery\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,10],"tags":[14,158,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}