Status:

COMPLETED

Video-based Family Therapy for Peripartum Depression in Home Visited Mothers

Lead Sponsor:

Fallon P. Cluxton-Keller

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Conditions:

Peripartum Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

13-25 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This pilot study will explore the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a family-based treatment, using HIPAA-compliant video-based communication technology, for adolescents (pregnant and post...

Detailed Description

The purpose of the pilot study is to partner with two Federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (HV) Program sites to implement a family-based treatment for depression, using HIPAA-co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Home Visitor
  • Willingness to participate in the study;
  • Intention to remain in current job for at least 12 months; and
  • Fluency in English: The training, treatment model, implementation meetings, and supervision sessions will be carried out in English.
  • Family
  • Adolescent mothers, ages 13-25, in the first trimester of pregnancy through eighteen months postpartum;
  • Adolescent mothers with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores of ≥8;
  • At least one of the adolescent mother's family members ("family member" is defined as a person she is biologically related to, or significant close others/partners with whom she is not biologically related) must be willing and available to participate in eight of the 10 video-based family therapy sessions;
  • Fluency in English: The treatment will be carried out in English; and
  • Consistent internet access (i.e., subscribe to an internet service provider and do not experience weekly disruptions in service) on a cell phone, tablet, or computer equipped with a camera and microphone.
  • Family

Exclusion

  • Adolescent mothers with
  • A current positive screen for problem alcohol use on the CAGE or TWEAK;
  • A current positive screen on the drug abuse items on the home visiting interview;
  • A current positive screen for domestic violence on the Relationship Assessment Tool;
  • Current hallucinations and/or delusions;
  • Current homicidal ideation;
  • Current suicidal ideation;
  • Current severe major depressive episode as measured by the SCID-V Depression Module for those over age 18, or NIMH DISC-Y \& DISC-P Mood Module for those under age 18; and/or
  • Current self-injurious behavior (e.g., cutting arms on a weekly basis). Families with
  • Current Child Protection Service involvement;
  • Current family therapy service involvement; and/or
  • Current or previous Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treatment.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 26 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 13 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

26 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03282448

Start Date

May 26 2017

End Date

June 13 2018

Last Update

June 19 2018

Active Locations (2)

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TLC Family Resource Center

Claremont, New Hampshire, United States, 03743

2

The Family Resource Center at Gorham

Gorham, New Hampshire, United States, 03581

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