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DBT-P Treatment Study

Description

The goal of this study is to find out if improving emotion regulation skills use during pregnancy reduces maternal stress and improves heart rate. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does improving emotion regulation skills during pregnancy reduce stress and improve the ability to cope? * How is a participant's heart rate affected by their ability to control their emotions during pregnancy? Researchers will test the hypothesis that dialectical behavior therapy skills groups (DBT-P) will improve emotion regulation skills use as well as heart rate. Participants will: * Visit the clinic for 3 sessions at the beginning, middle and end of their pregnancy. * Compete surveys and interviews asking about their thoughts, feelings and how they cope with emotions. * Have their heart rate taken. * If assigned to the investigational group, they will complete weekly remote emotion regulation skills groups for 10 weeks and complete daily diary cards that ask about mood and any thoughts of self-harm.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this study is to find out if improving emotion regulation skills use during pregnancy reduces maternal stress and improves heart rate. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does improving emotion regulation skills during pregnancy reduce stress and improve the ability to cope? * How is a participant's heart rate affected by their ability to control their emotions during pregnancy? Researchers will test the hypothesis that dialectical behavior therapy skills groups (DBT-P) will improve emotion regulation skills use as well as heart rate. Participants will: * Visit the clinic for 3 sessions at the beginning, middle and end of their pregnancy. * Compete surveys and interviews asking about their thoughts, feelings and how they cope with emotions. * Have their heart rate taken. * If assigned to the investigational group, they will complete weekly remote emotion regulation skills groups for 10 weeks and complete daily diary cards that ask about mood and any thoughts of self-harm.

Developing Pregnancy-specific Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Promote Multigenerational Mental Health

DBT-P Treatment Study

Condition
Emotion Dysregulation
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Emotion dysregulation score of 88 or above
  • * At least 12 weeks pregnant
  • * Singleton Pregnancy
  • * Fluent in English
  • * Active psychosis
  • * Drug or alcohol use disorder during pregnancy
  • * High risk of an imminent suicide attempt
  • * Significant health complications (e.g., cancer)
  • * Illiterate and/or unable to independently complete and comprehend written measures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Elisabeth Conradt, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Andrada Neacsiu, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Sheila Crowell, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Oregon

Study Record Dates

2027-01