CM-IPT
CLINICIAN-MANAGED INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Welcome to CM-IPT!CM-IPT is an investigation of the effectiveness of Clinician-Managed Interpersonal Psychotherapy for postpartum depression, a treatment based on the manual of Klerman et al. and refined for the treatment of postpartum depression by Stuart and O’Hara. The study is designed to simulate the delivery of IPT in a community setting with timing and frequency of sessions to be determined collaboratively by the therapist and patient. We will evaluate the effectiveness of 12 sessions of CM-IPT delivered over the course of a year compared to weekly IPT for postpartum depression, a treatment that we have previously demonstrated to be effective compared to a waiting list control condition. Weekly IPT will require that 12 sessions of IPT be delivered in the first 12 weeks after treatment assignment.
CM-IPT is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.