Enhancing interpersonal psychotherapy for mothers and expectant mothers on low incomes: Adaptations and additions

TitleEnhancing interpersonal psychotherapy for mothers and expectant mothers on low incomes: Adaptations and additions
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsGrote, NK, Swartz, HA, Zuckoff, A
JournalJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Volume38
Pagination23-33
PublisherSpringer
Place PublishedGermany
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0022-01161573-3564
Accession Number2008-04387-003
KeywordsAdaptation, adaptations, community, Community Attitudes, depressed women, expectant mothers, Family, interpersonal psychotherapy, low incomes, Lower Income Level, major depression, Mothers, retention, Treatment Barriers, Treatment engagement
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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)

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