Preventing postnatal depression in new mothers using telephone peer support: a randomised controlled trial

新生儿母亲的抑郁症非常普遍;澳大利亚每年有超过53，000名新妈妈受到这种影响。这种情况可能对母亲的健康及其婴儿和家人的健康造成严重的不利后果。因此，需要采取有效的战略来预防和减少孕产妇抑郁症。我们将测试通过电话从其他母亲（同伴志愿者）的支持是否有助于妇女在产后4周的风险增加。

Depression in recent mothers are very common; more than 53,000 new mothers in Australia are affected by this each year. The condition can lead to serious adverse consequences for a mother’s health and the health of her infant and family. Effective strategies to prevent and reduce maternal depression are therefore needed. We will test whether support by telephone from other mothers (peer volunteers) helps in women at increased risk at 4 weeks postpartum.