Therapy Delivered by Nonspecialists Improved Postpartum Mental Health

Women with anxiety who began receiving a cognitive behavioral therapy –based intervention from nonclinicians when they were less than 22 weeks pregnant experienced a major reduction in depression and anxiety 6 weeks after giving birth. Prenatal anxiety is associated with mental health disorders in postpartum parents.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research