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Interventions to treat mental disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and multiple treatment meta-analysis
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BACKGROUND: For women suffering from an antepartum mental disorder (AMD), there is lack of evidence-based treatment algorithms due to the complicated risk-benefit analysis for both mother and unborn child. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to treat AMD and performed a meta-analysis of the estimated treatment effect on the psychiatric symptoms during pregnancy. METHODS: MedLine, PsycINFO and Embase databases were searched by two independent reviewers for clinical trials with a control condition on treatment of women with AMD, i.e. major depressive (MDD), anxiety, psychotic, eating, somatoform and personality disorders. We inventoried the effect of the treatment, i.e. decrease of psychiatric symptoms at the end of the treatment or postpartum. We adhered to the PRISMA-protocol. FINDINGS: Twenty-nine trials were found involving 2779 patients. Trials studied patients with depressive disorders (k = 28), and anxiety disorders (k = 1). No pharmacological trials were detected. A form of psychotherapy, like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (g = -0.61; 95%CI:-0.73 to -0.49, I2 = 0%; k = 7) or Interpersonal Psychotherapy (g = -0.67; 95%CI:-1.27 to -0.07; I2 = 79%; k = 4), holds robust benefit for pregnant women with MDD. Body-oriented interventions (g = -0.43; 95%CI:-0.61 to -0.25; I2 = 17%; k = 7) and acupuncture (g = -0.43; 95%CI:-0.80 to -0.06; I2 = 0%; k = 2) showed medium sized reduction of depressive symptoms. Bright light therapy (g = -0.59; 95%CI:-1.25 to 0.06; I2 = 0%; k = 2), and food supplements (g = -0.51; 95%CI:-1.02 to 0.01; I2 = 20%; k = 3) did not show significant treatment effects. One study was found on Integrative Collaborative Care. CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis found a robust moderate treatment effect of CBT for MDD during pregnancy, and to a lesser extent for IPT. As an alternative, positive results were found for body-oriented interventions and acupuncture. No evidence was found for bright light therapy and food supplements. Only non-pharmacological trials on women with MDD were found. Research on a wider range of AMD is needed.
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“A systematic review on various studies in treating antepartum depression with a control condition showed that these trials often show a considerable reduction in symptom scores in both treatment arms.39”
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“Psychotherapeutic interventions such as interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which have been shown to be effective in treating perinatal depression and anxiety (28, 29), are preferred (27, 30, 31).”
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“From previous trials, we also know that to overcome high attrition rates and improve effectiveness, interventions should be aimed primarily at at-risk women (e.g., women with subclinical depression) and should fit the unique preferences and needs of pregnant women [22–24].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- van Ravesteyn, L. M., Lambregtse - van den Berg, M. P., Hoogendijk, W. J. G., & Kamperman, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Kamperman, Astrid M.
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2017-03-30
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e0173397
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5373816
- OpenAlex
- W2599194757
- Semantic Scholar
- 9d01af578d6ed04023e9ec64e63c387bd4d95122
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Erasmus University Medical Center (MRACE) (2008-8111)
- Coolsingel Foundation (2009)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy-related medical research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- antenatal depression, anxiety disorders in pregnancy, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, body-oriented interventions, acupuncture, bright light therapy, dietary supplements, maternal mental health, postpartum outcomes, treatment algorithm, risk-benefit assessment, psychosis, eating disorders, somatoform disorders, personality disorders
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Female, Humans, Phototherapy, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Psychotherapy, Acupuncture Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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