Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Perinatal Parents
Optimizing Therapist-guided Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for New and Expecting Parents
University of Regina
60 participants
Feb 24, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Wellbeing Course for New and Expecting Parents (WCNEP), an internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) intervention, in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in perinatal parents, within a routine care online therapy clinic (the Online Therapy Unit). The study aims to assess treatment uptake, perceptions, feasibility, and effectiveness of the WCNEP in routine care among birthing and non-birthing parents. Over the duration of 8 weeks, participants will review course materials online and respond to questionnaires aimed at assessing changes in various outcomes over time.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Become the guardian of an infant in the last 24 month by birth or adoption/fostering or are expecting the birth of an infant as a birthing parent or partner;
- Self-reported difficulty with depression and/or anxiety;
- Are aged 18 years or older; or 16 if participant meets criteria to be treated as a mature minor based on Saskatchewan legislation;
- Willingness to learn information and skills to self-manage mental health difficulties, consent to course and associated research.
Exclusion Criteria3
- Current severe medical or psychiatric condition that requires immediate treatment (e.g. current mania or psychosis, actively suicidal or unable to keep themselves safe, medical condition requiring immediate surgery or other invasive treatment);
- Living outside of Saskatchewan;
- Unable to read and understand English. (All content is provided in English and staff is English speaking; it is cost prohibitive at this time to provide the complete service in languages other than English).
Interventions
The Wellbeing Course for New and Expecting Parents (WCNEP) is an adaptation of the Wellbeing Course (developed and evaluated at Macquaire University, Australia) and the Wellbeing Course for New Moms (a Canadian adaptation of the Wellbeing Course for new moms). The WCNEP is a transdiagnostic ICBT intervention designed for perinatal parents experiencing depression and/or anxiety, and will be offered by the Online Therapy Unit, a unit providing routine care ICBT services in Canada. The WCNEP will be evaluated in phases; phase 1 will evaluate the course for birthing parents only and phase 2 will evaluate the course for birthing and non-birthing parents. Therapist support will be offered for 8 weeks, with the possibility to extend the support to 12 weeks. Therapists will spend \~15 minutes/week communicating with each client, via secure messages. Phone calls will only be made if there is a significant clinical issue requiring attention that the therapist feel cannot be addressed in messages.
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NCT06881693