Does One Treatment Fit All? Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program in Data-Driven Subtypes of Perinatal Depression

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15527697
AutoresAhmed Waqas (0000-0002-3772-194X, University of Liverpool, autor de correspondencia), Atıf Rahman (0000-0002-2066-4467, University of Liverpool), Atif Rahman (0000-0003-1805-3971)
Año2021
Volumen12
Páginas736790-736790
Fecha de publicación2021-11-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.736790
PMID34867528
OpenAlexW3213809479
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas45

Background: Current diagnostic systems of mental disorders are criticized for their poor validity and reliability, owing to the within disorder heterogeneity and between disorder homogeneity. The issue is important if treatments for mental disorders are to be tailored to individual needs. There is little information in this area on perinatal depression (PND), a highly prevalent condition globally. Aims: i) Quantify heterogeneity attributable to the polythetic diagnostic framework for PND and, ii) present evidence for the effectiveness of a multicomponent and low-intensity cognitive behavioral Thinking Healthy Programme (THP) across the heterogeneous presentations of PND. Methods: This investigation presents secondary analyses of a cluster randomized controlled trial, conducted in Kallar Syedan, Pakistan. A total of 903 pregnant women were randomized to an intervention group receiving the THP intervention or control group receiving enhanced usual care. Principal component analyses and clustering algorithm were utilized to identify heterogenous subtypes of PND. Linear mixed effects models were used to assess effectiveness of the intervention across the identified subtypes of PND. Results: Four different clusters of PND were identified: mixed anxiety-depression, somatic depression, mild depression, and atypical depression. All clinical phenotypes responded well to the THP intervention. Compared to their counterparts in the control group, mothers with mild depression in the treatment group yielded lowest risk ratios 0.24 (95% CI: 0.15 to 0.37), followed by mothers with anxiety-depression 0.50 (95% CI: 0.37 to 0.68), atypical depression 0.51 (95% CI: 0.27 to 0.99) and somatic depression 0.59 (95% CI: 0.42 to 0.83). Conclusion: The Thinking Healthy Programme was found to be effective in reducing severity of depressive symptoms and disability across the four subtypes of PND

Anxiety · Cognition · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Depression (economics · Psychiatry · Randomized controlled trial · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Internal Medicine