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Filter by:Experiencing postpartum mood and/or anxiety disorders (like postpartum depression; PMADs) can make parenting challenging, but group therapy may help both these parents and their babies. This study will test whether postpartum parents with PMADs find a 12-session parenting group therapy to be likable, doable, and helpful for mental health, parenting stress, and relationship with their infant. The therapy that is being tested is called the Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) parenting program, which has not yet been used specifically with postpartum parents with PMADs, but has been found to be appealing and helpful among parents/caregivers of older children with mental health conditions. CARE focuses on parents' ability to consider how their own and their children's thoughts, feelings, intentions, and other mental states shape behavior and parent-child relationships. Participants in the study will be asked to fill out surveys before, during, and after participating in the group therapy. Adults may be eligible to participate in the study if they gave birth to an infant who is now 3 to 12 months old, are receiving postpartum medical and/or mental health care at Montefiore Medical Center, and have experienced postpartum depression and/or anxiety.
This project evaluates Real Relationships, a program provided by the Children's Aid Society (CAS) in Clearfield County, and funded through the DHHS Healthy Marriage (and Responsible Fatherhood) program. Research questions focus on recruitment and retention of participants, and short- and long-term participant outcomes associated with different formats for offering the program.
Following an exploratory project, funded by Guys and St Thomas' Charity between September 2010- November 2011, of the first combined mental health screening and intervention project for <5 Children in Care (CiC) in the UK, the current study will expand this work by a) developing a feasibility study to assess both longer term interventions and outcomes for this group and b) extending the model to two further vulnerable groups of young children. The three groups of children aged 3 months to 3 years (<4's) in Southwark include: 1. Children who become newly looked after (CiC) 2. Children of parents referred to Parental Mental Health team (PMH) 3. Children on Child Protection (CP) Plans Parents will be invited to take part in the study if their children are eligible within the groups above. Informed consent will be obtained at the outset. Hypothesis; The investigators aim to implement a method of screening that will identify socioemotional and mental health needs in infants and young children, aged 0-3 years of age, across three high risk cohorts (Children in Care, children on a Child Protection Plan, children of parents with mental health difficulties). Is it feasible to deliver an early treatment intervention that positively impacts on the difficulties identified, by providing specific emotional, social and mental health support and advice to the child's current caregivers in relation to the child.