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Psychotherapy for Depressed Mothers of Psychiatrically Ill Children

NCT00919594 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 348

Last updated 2017-07-19

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Summary

The current proposal is a randomized, controlled, clinical trial to evaluate the intergenerational impact of treating depressed mothers whose children suffer from psychiatric disorders.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Mothers (IPT-MOMS)

Interventions will be administered during the 3 Month Acute Randomized Phase and will consist of nine individual 45-minute sessions conducted over the course of three months. Treatment cannot exceed nine sessions. In addition to standard IPT techniques, IPT-MOMS includes a specific focus on the challenges associated with managing a child who suffers from psychiatric problems.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Supportive Psychotherapy

Interventions will be administered during the 3 Month Acute Randomized Phase and will consist of nine individual 45-minute sessions conducted over the course of three months. Treatment cannot exceed 9 sessions. Brief supportive therapy (BSP) is a manualized form of supportive psychotherapy which emphasizes reflective listening and elicitation of affect (Markowitz et al., 2008). Therapists are instructed to allow patients to determine the focus of each session, pulling for emotion, validating emotions when possible, and offering empathic comments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Holly Swartz, M.D. · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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