Annual CNPRM national conference poster (virtual- 2021)
I had the privilege of presenting at the 8th annual Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting. I spoke about my research involving examining the influence of CBT for postpartum depression on both maternal and infant behavioural health. Think of it as attempting to kill two birds with one stone. Click on the video to learn more.
My first publication
Maternal and Infant Performance on the Face-to-Face Still-Face Task following Maternal Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Postpartum Depression
This paper aimed to investigate whether group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for mothers dealing with postpartum depression could improve the behaviour of mothers and their infants. To do this, we recruited 68 mothers and their infants (35 with postpartum depression and 33 without). We offered nine weeks of group CBT to the depression cohort only. We also administered the face-to-face still face task, a world-renowned method for measuring mother and infant interactions to both groups at three time points. These were before CBT, immediately after CBT, and three months after. The performance of the women who received group CBT and their infants were compared with healthy mothers and their infants. Our results suggested that the infants of mothers with postpartum depression exhibited significantly less withdrawn behaviour immediately after CBT treatment. Three months later, these infants showed significantly lower withdrawn levels, similar to those of the infants of nondepressed mothers.
Read the entire publication here