Engage & Connect: A Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression

This study is testing two types of therapy for postpartum depression (PPD), a type of depression that can happen after childbirth. One therapy is called Engage & Connect (E&C), which helps you get involved in social activities that you find rewarding. The other therapy is Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP), which teaches you about PPD and helps you track your symptoms. Both therapies are given remotely (from a distance). Researchers want to see if E&C can help reduce your depression symptoms more than SRP. You might be able to join if you are a woman up to one year after giving birth, have a certain score on a PPD screening, and speak English. You also need to be off antidepressants or on a stable dose.

Study design
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing two different therapies for postpartum depression, with 60 participants planned.
What's involved
You would participate in 9 weeks of remote therapy sessions. Your depression symptoms will be measured weekly for 9 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your depression symptoms will be measured weekly for 9 weeks during the intervention period.

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NCT05585164

Engage & Connect: A Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression

Recruiting
NAAll AgesInterventionalTreatment
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
~60 participants
Updated 2026-08-20 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Engage & Connect (E&C)Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Measured over the EPDS will be measured Weekly for 9 weeks
Postpartum Depression
1 sites across 1 states
New York1
  • Nili Solomonov, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

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  • Change in Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)the EPDS will be measured Weekly for 9 weeks

    Measure of depression Severity. Scores range from 0 (no depression severity) to 30 (high depression severity)