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Mother-infant Bonding in the Brain: a Mindfulness-based Intervention
Led by Tilburg University · Updated on 2025-09-19
64
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
165 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The study investigates the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based intervention "Mindful with your Baby" in women with babies between 5-9 months postpartum who experience heightened levels of postpartum depression, anxiety and/or parental stress. The intervention "Mindful with your Baby" is one of the very few interventions for maternal postnatal mental health issues that takes the bond between mother and infant into account. It is hypothesized that the "Mindful with your Baby" intervention will reduce levels of postpartum depression, anxiety and parental stress, and improve mother-infant behavioral interaction and increase neural synchrony between mother and infant brains.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Mother-infant Bonding in the Brain: a Mindfulness-based Intervention
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pregnant women aged 18 years or older
- First antenatal visit before 12 weeks of pregnancy
- Score above cutoff on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, anxiety subscale of Symptom Checklist, or Parental Stress Questionnaire at 8-10 weeks postpartum
- Dutch-speaking or able to understand Dutch
You will not qualify if you...
- Multiple pregnancy (twins or higher order)
- Known endocrine disorders before pregnancy such as type I diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis
- Severe psychiatric diseases including schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, or bipolar disorder
- HIV infection
- Drug or alcohol addiction problems
- Any disease requiring treatment with drugs potentially harmful to the fetus needing careful pregnancy follow-up
- No access to the internet
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Tilburg University
Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands, 5000 LE
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Marion I van den Heuvel, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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