Improving positive interaction between depressed mothers and their infants: A effect study on a preventive program for mother mother and child.
- Conditions
- Experimental condition: mother-baby intervention.Control condition: minimal intervention.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29338
- Lead Sponsor
- Community Mental Health Center RIAGG IJsselland, the Netherlands.
- Brief Summary
1. Van Doesum KTM, Hosman CMH, Riksen-Walraven JM. A model based intervention for depressed mothers and their infants. Inf Mental Hlth J. 2005;26(2):157-176. <br> 2. Van Doesum KTM, Hosman CMH, Riksen-Walraven JM, Hoefnagels C Predicting depressed mothers’ sensitivity towards their infants: the role of maternal, child and contextual characteristics (in preparation). <br> 3. Van Doesum KTM, Hosman CMH, Riksen-Walraven JM, Hoefnagels C. A randomized controlled trial of an early intervention aimed at preventing relationship problems in depressed mothers and their infants. Child Dev. 2008 May-Jun;79(3):547-61.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 71
1. Mothers with an infant not older than 12 months, who met the DSM-IV criteria for a major depressive episode or dysthymia and/or exhibited elevated levels of depressive symptoms (BDI >14);
2. psychiatric comorbidity was allowed.
1. Comorbid psychotic disorders;
2. manic depression;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of the mother-child interaction.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infant attachment security and socio-emotional functioning.