Single Session Intervention for Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts | NCT07725341

NCT07725341

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07725341
Lead Sponsor: Mclean HospitalOTHER
Official Title: Single Session Intervention for Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts
Brief Summary: Despite their impact, postpartum intrusive thoughts- unwanted, distressing thoughts, images, and urges often about harming one's infant, are common yet overlooked. This can lead to distress, shame, impairment, and for some, diagnoses of depression, anxiety, or OCD. This project aims to adapt and test a brief, accessible intervention targeting misinterpretation of postpartum intrusive thoughts.
Conditions: Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts
Interventions: Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety (PITA) Program

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion criteria:

age 18 or older

fluent in English, per self-report

became a parent of an infant in the past 3 months (biological, adoptive, or caregiving parent)

elevated interpretation bias (score of >131 on Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44; 1 SD above mean of non-clinical sample)

endorse, "In the past week, have you had images pop into your head that you didn't want, like violent or horrible scenes or something of a sexual nature?" or "how about having urges to do something that kept coming back to you even though you didn't want them to, like an urge to harm a loved one?"

Exclusion criteria:

None

Central Contacts: Martha J Falkenstein, PhDContact
mfalkenstein@mclean.harvard.edu617-855-4424