Evaluation of Group Therapy Intervention for Anxiety and Depression in the Postnatal Period
These findings support the efficacy of group psychotherapy interventions for reducing both depression and anxiety symptoms in the postnatal period. This intervention demonstrated lower depression symptoms in the post test compared to the pre-test periods for women with and without previous history of mental illness and those with varied baseline depression symptoms.
Authors
- Jenny Smit
- Greg Fairbrother (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8945-4265)
- Jessica Appleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-4471)
- Cathrine Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8434)
- Lisiane Latouche
- Margaret Booker
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Maternal and Child Health Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-025-04076-9
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- University of Technology Sydney