Journal article
Web-based treatment for depression in pregnancy: a feasibility study of Mum2BMoodBooster
AW Gemmill, JL Oliva, J Ericksen, C Holt, CJ Holt, J Milgrom
BMC Psychiatry | BMC | Published : 2022
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Abstract
Background: Depression in pregnancy is prevalent, under-treated, and has serious impacts on the wellbeing of women and on child development. Internet programs can reach women who may not access traditional treatments due to distance, stigma or concern about taking medication. We adapted our online postnatal depression program, MumMoodBooster, for antenatal use. We aimed to trial feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the new Mum2BMoodBooster intervention with depressed pregnant women. Methods: Twenty-seven pregnant women with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score > 11 used the program in a feasibility trial. Twenty-one had current diagnoses of major or minor depression on..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the conduct of this research: Our deepest thanks to the Ian Potter Foundation whose generous support [grant number 20161008] made this work possible. This research was initiated by the authors and the funding bodies had no input into the design of the study, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; all of these and writing of the manuscript were carried out by the authors. Ian Potter Foundation, 20161008, Jeannette Milgrom