An effect of antenatal and postnatal maternal support programs on attachment and resilience for mums and infants: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Personality Disorders; Substance Dependence; Psychosis; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000684527
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Louise Newman

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

*Have basic English literacy and communication skills to enable them to participate in the assessment and intervention processes;
*Receiving antenatal care and booked to deliver at the Royal Women's Hospital
*Up to 2nd trimester
*Considered ‘at risk’, where 'at risk' includes women who have a current or past personal or family (first degree relatives only) history of any mental illness including symptoms of anxiety and depression, and/or have current psychosocial stressors (e.g., poor social support, unstable accommodation, intimate partner violence, contact with Department of Human Services Protective Services).

Exclusion Criteria

*Acute psychosis
*Uncontrolled drug abuse
*A level of intellectual disability which will prevent the woman from understanding and communicating sufficiently to participate in the assessment and intervention processes
*a known serious medical illness which will preclude participation
*major depression requiring hospitalisation or precluding them from participating
*Child removed from parental care (mother not primary attachment figure)
*Already engaged in a parenting or meditative program that is therapeutic in nature

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified