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One-day cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workshops significantly reduced postpartum depression (PPD) and anxiety in mothers. This cost-effective intervention improved the mother-infant relationship and can be integrated into stepped care models.

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  • Public health

Background:

  • Postpartum depression (PPD) affects a significant number of mothers, yet access to evidence-based treatment remains low.
  • One-day cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based workshops offer a scalable solution for PPD intervention.
  • These workshops can be integrated into stepped care models for wider reach.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a 1-day CBT workshop plus treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU alone for PPD.
  • To assess the impact on anxiety, mother-infant relationship, offspring behavior, and quality of life.
  • To determine the cost-effectiveness of the CBT workshop intervention.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial involving 461 mothers with PPD symptoms (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores ≥10).
  • Participants were adults (age ≥18) with infants under 12 months in Ontario, Canada.
  • Data collected via REDCap, comparing a 1-day CBT workshop + TAU group to a TAU alone group at 12 weeks post-intervention.

Main Results:

  • The CBT workshop group showed significant reductions in PPD symptoms (EPDS scores decreased from 15.77 to 11.22).
  • Participants in the workshop group had three times higher odds of clinically significant PPD reduction and anxiety improvement.
  • Improvements were noted in mother-infant bonding, infant-focused rejection, anger, and toddler effortful control; the intervention was cost-saving.

Conclusions:

  • One-day CBT workshops are effective in improving PPD, anxiety, and the mother-infant relationship.
  • This intervention is cost-saving and suitable for integration into perinatal care and stepped care approaches.
  • The workshops provide a scalable, perinatal-specific option to treat a larger number of individuals experiencing PPD.