Molenaar 2016.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial |
Participants | Pregnant women with gestational age less than 16 weeks who use SSRIs without clinically relevant depressive symptoms |
Interventions | Intervention 1: preventive cognitive therapy with gradual, guided discontinuation of SSRIs under medical management Intervention 2: continuation of SSRI |
Outcomes | ‐ cumulative incidence of relapse or recurrence of maternal depressive disorder during pregnancy and up to 3 months postpartum ‐ child outcome (neonatal outcomes and psychomotor and behavioural outcomes up to 24 months' postpartum) ‐ healthcare costs |
Notes | Unclear if participants meet the criteria for long‐term antidepressants (duration < 6 months) Miminum duration of antidepressant treatment not reported in the protocol Paper is accepted |
AD: antidepressant.
GP: general practitioner.
MDD: major depressive disorder.
PHQ9: Patient Health Questionnaire‐9.
SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.