Enhancing Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Mothers and Expectant Mothers on Low Incomes: Adaptations and Additions |
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Authors: | Nancy K Grote Holly A Swartz Allan Zuckoff |
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Institution: | (1) School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;(2) Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | Intervening with depressed women during their childbearing years, especially with those on low incomes, is critically important.
Not only do mothers and expectant mothers suffer unnecessarily, but their untreated depression has critical negative consequences
for their families. Despite this, these women have proven especially difficult to engage in psychotherapy. In this paper we
describe several adaptations and additions we have made to a brief form of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to meet the needs
of mothers and expectant mothers living on low incomes in the community who suffer from depression, but face significant practical,
psychological, and cultural barriers to engaging in and staying in treatment. In addition, we present some preliminary data
on the extent to which our enhanced, brief IPT approach promotes improvements in treatment engagement and retention relative
to usual care for expectant mothers on low incomes. |
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Keywords: | Interpersonal Therapy Depression Pregnancy |
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