Collaborative Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting Support in Primary Care

Treating mothers' perinatal depressive and other mental health symptoms alone does not prevent impaired parenting quality and adverse infant outcomes. The goal of this research is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of adding a research-based 10-week home visiting parenting program to evidence-based mental health treatment, to counter the pernicious effects of mothers' symptoms on parenting quality and infant development. Participants will be English and Spanish-speaking low-income mothers who began publicly funded mental/behavioral health treatment in pregnancy at their primary care community health centers.