African-American Social Support Effectiveness Treatment (ASSET-PPD)
Maternal Perinatal Depression
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Maternal Perinatal Depression focused on measuring perinatal depression, postpartum depression, anxiety, fathers, partners, parents, African American, social support
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Parents will be 18 years of age or older. Parents are eligible for the study if the woman is in the 2nd trimester, she is receiving psychiatric treatment for depression with a score of 11 or greater on the Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Self-Rated (IDS-SR16), which indicates clinically significant symptoms, and the mother is African-American Parents do not need to be romantic partners to be eligible. Infants (0-6 months) are included in the study to examine the parent-infant interactions Exclusion Criteria: The parents will be excluded if: There is report of ongoing physical or sexual abuse They have plans to terminate the pregnancy The woman is showing symptoms of hypomania/mania, psychosis, or substance use in the past 12 months Father will be excluded if he: Has symptoms of psychosis in the past 12 months Has below 6th grade education Has difficulty focusing on 1 hour of instruction
Sites / Locations
- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
ASSET-PPD intervention group
No additional treatment group
25 parent dyads with a mother who is receiving individual treatment outside of the study and the father is receiving the ASSET-PPD training
25 parent dyads with a mother who is receiving individual treatment outside of the study and the father is not receiving the ASSET-PPD training