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Reducing Symptoms of Depression in Low-Income Mothers

This study is currently recruiting participants.
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Brief Title ^†	Reducing Symptoms of Depression in Low-Income Mothers
Official Title ^†	Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income Mothers
Brief 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.
Detailed Description	Limited resources, poor social support, and complex life problems contribute to the high prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms in low-income mothers. As depressive symptoms persist, they often rob young mothers of the energy they need for school, job training, and positive interaction with their children, which can negatively affect a child's language acquisition, intellectual development, and social conduct. This study will design and implement a home-based treatment to help young mothers manage their depressive symptoms, increase their social support, manage or resolve life issues, and effectively parent their infant or toddler through the use of EHS resources. Mothers will be randomly assigned to receive either home-based interpersonal depression treatment or an attention control/usual care condition for 26 weeks. Assessments will be made at study start and Weeks 14, 22, and 26. Depression scales, interviews, and analyses of videotaped mother-child interactions will be used to assess participants. Stress, social support, and use of EHS services will be assessed.
Study Phase	Phase II
Study Type ^†	Interventional
Study Design ^†	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Primary Outcome Measure ^†	Level of depressive symptoms [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measure ^†	Mother child interactions [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Condition ^†	Depression
Intervention ^†	Behavioral: Modified Interpersonal Therapy Behavioral: Attention control/usual care
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Recruitment Information Fields
Recruitment Status ^†	Recruiting
Enrollment ^†	226
Start Date ^†	June 2003
Completion Date	April 2009
Eligibility Criteria ^†	Inclusion Criteria: Score of 16 or higher on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale Child who is 6 weeks to 30 months old Child who is enrolled in an Early Head Start program Exclusion Criteria: Regular use of psychotropic medication Regular use of psychotherapy or drug/alcohol treatment
Gender	Female
Ages	15 Years and older
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
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Location Countries ^†	United States

Administrative Information Fields
NCT ID ^†	NCT00074789
Organization ID	R01 MH65524
Secondary IDs ^††	DSIR 83-ATAS, HILDA
Study Sponsor ^†	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Information Provided By	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Verification Date	February 2008
First Received Date ^†	December 19, 2003
Last Updated Date	February 12, 2008

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