![]() According to Felder, part of what set the dCBT treatment apart from usual care is that it was more individualized and addressed common causes of insomnia. ![]() At 3 months postpartum, 4% of participants who had the dCBT treatment were rated as likely depressed, in comparison to 18% of the remaining participants, who received usual treatments such as medication or general sleep hygiene tips from their providers. In the study, 105 out of 208 participants were randomized to the dCBT treatment, which involved up to 6 20-minute sessions using the Sleepio app. “We were particularly excited to see the benefits lasted to 6 months not just for insomnia, but for mental health more broadly.” “We were curious to see whether the benefits of dCBT for insomnia would maintain after the birth of the child, especially given the demands of having a young infant,” said Jennifer Felder, PhD, lead author of the study assistant professor of psychiatry and core research faculty at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, in a press release. 1 The study was a follow-up to a study by UCSF researchers in January 2020, 2 which found that dCBT treatment helped reduce insomnia and symptoms of anxiety and depression in participants during pregnancy. ![]() The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), tested the efficacy of Sleepio, a self-paced sleep app and form of dCBT, to determine whether treating insomnia would also help prevent depression in postpartum women. A new study found that a form of digital cognitive behavioral therapy (dCBT) may help prevent postpartum depression in women for up to 6 months after they give birth.
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