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Reducing Symptoms of Depression in Low-Income Mothers

NCT00074789 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 226

Last updated 2013-06-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the effectiveness of a short-term intervention in treating depressed young mothers with young children enrolled in Early Head Start Programs.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Modified Interpersonal Therapy

Psychiatric mental health nurses will meet with participants 10 times, an hour each time, over a period of 14 weeks. The nurses will continue to work with the mothers over the next 8 weeks by phone, conducting 5 fifteen minute phone sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention control/usual care

Participants will receive the usual care for depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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