Table 2.

Joint display of participants’ presenting concerns and reasons for participation by treatment progress.

Status at posttreatmenta	Participant responses
Not depressed at follow-up (n = 10)	Presenting concerns: Mothers clearly identified feeling depressed at intake, five out of 10 identified acute experiences that triggered their depression (e.g., car accident, cancer, separation from spouse, child diagnosed with autism, etc.), discussed feeling that depression was taboo Reasons for participation in HMHK: To be in a group with mothers who had experienced similar problems, wanting to receive help
Depressed at follow-up (n = 9)	Presenting concerns: Mothers report depressive symptoms, some mothers shared that they did not believe in depression or did not realize what they were feeling was abnormal (normalization of depression), isolation a big factor, talking about feelings is taboo Reasons for participation in HMHK: feeling isolated, needing others to talk to
Mothers with subclinical symptoms (n = 6)	Presenting concerns: Mothers felt they were experiencing low levels of sadness or stress Reasons for participation in HMHK: To learn new things, meet people

^aMothers were split into three groups based on the change in their depressive symptoms on the CES-D over the course of treatment.