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Engage & Connect: A Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression

NCT05585164 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-09-25

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Summary

This randomized controlled trial compares a novel psychotherapy, Engage \& Connect, with a Symptom Review and Psychoeducation intervention, tailored to reduce postpartum depression. The study includes 9-weeks interventions, delivered remotely. It will examine changes in social isolation, processing of social rewards and depression severity over 9 weeks of treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Engage & Connect (E&C)

Engage \& Connect, is a remotely-delivered extension of Engage psychotherapy. It is aimed to increase engagement in rewarding social activities and in turn, reduce postpartum depression. In each session, the therapist will work with the patient to develop "action plans" to pursue rewarding social activities of their choice with the goal of reducing social isolation.

BEHAVIORAL

Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)

SPR is a remotely-delivered intervention aimed to increase knowledge of postpartum depression and monitor mental health changes. In each session, the therapist will review the participant's symptoms and discuss information related to postpartum depression and changes after birth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nili Solomonov, PhD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-01
Primary Completion
2030-07-31
Completion
2030-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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