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The Effect of Peer Support on Postpartum Depression: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial


  Author: Cindy-Lee Dennis
Publisher: Canadian Psychiatric Association
Publication: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Document Date:                  March 01, 2003
Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Adults
Related Categories:
Family Relations > Emotional Support
Family Relations > Suicide
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Mental Health
Parenthood/Childrearing > Maternal Health
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
 

This study provided mothers at risk for post-partum depression with peer support over the telephone and compared depressive symptoms in this group with those in a control group.  It found that women that received telephone support experienced significantly fewer depressive symptoms than those who received no support.

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