## Abstract This pilot study examined the feasibility and efficacy of a manualized, 12‐week mother–infant therapy group (M‐ITG) model for women with moderate to severe depressive symptoms during the postpartum period. Study participants were referred to the psychiatric clinic of a university medica
A model-based intervention for depressed mothers and their infants
✍ Scribed by Karin T.M. Van Doesum; Clemens M.H. Hosman; J. Marianne Riksen-Walraven
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
Many studies have reported on the adverse effects of maternal depression on offspring. Infants of depressed mothers are found to be more likely at risk to develop mental and socioemotional problems. In this study, an early intervention program is presented that aims to improve the interaction between depressed mothers and their infants to prevent developmental problems in the children. The program has recently been introduced in the Dutch Community Mental Health Centers as part of a national multicomponent program to reduce the risk of psychiatric and social problems in the offspring of parents with a mental disorder. The intervention for depressed mothers with babies is based on a transactional model in which the mother-child interaction plays a key role in explaining the development of socioemotional problems in the children. The model as discussed in the first part of this article addresses a range of evidenced-based parental, child, and contextual risk factors that effect the quality of the interactions between depressed mothers and their infants and that contribute to both vulnerability and resilience of the children during later childhood and adolescence.
RESUMEN: En muchos estudios se ha reportado sobre los efectos adversos que la depresio ´n materna tiene en los hijos. Los infantes de madres que sufren de depresio ´n esta ´n ma ´s propensos a presentar riesgos de desarrollar problemas mentales y socio-emocionales. En este estudio se presenta una intervencio ´n temprana, la cual busca mejorar la interaccio ´n entre las madres deprimidas y sus infantes, con el fin de prevenir problemas de desarrollo en los nin ˜os. El programa recientemente fue introducido en los Centros Comunitarios de Salud Mental Holandeses como parte de un programa nacional de multicomponentes para reducir los problemas de riesgo siquia ´trico y social en los hijos de padres con trastornos mentales. La intervencio ´n en el caso de las madres deprimidas con sus infantes se basa en un modelo transaccional en el cual la interaccio ´n entre la madre y el infante juega un papel importante en la explicacio ´n del desarrollo de los problemas socio-emocionales de los nin ˜os. El modelo, tal como se discute en la primera parte de este artı ´culo habla de una variedad de factores de riesgo contextuales y del nin ˜o, basados en la
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