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Cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce stress, improve mood in pregnant women – News-Medical.Net

Perinatal depression has soared during the pandemic. But many mental health professionals are overwhelmed and can’t take on new clients.

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Perinatal depression has soared during the pandemic. But many mental health professionals are overwhelmed and can’t take on new clients.
Good news comes from a new Northwestern Medicine study finding paraprofessionals generated similar reductions in depressive symptoms as mental health professionals when delivering a group-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention.
The study findings are based on adding home health visits by trained lay health professionals to low-income pregnant women in…

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