New Moms Mood Tracking & Wellbeing

"Participants with moderate depressive symptoms on the CAT-MH (and no current suicidality) will meet with a trained coach, and receive access to online course materials from one of 2 lesson platforms - ThisWayUp's MUMentum course or UCLA DGC's ParentMood course. The efficacy of each online course will be compared for equivalency.~Participants are encouraged to practice their lesson homework for at least one week before meeting with their coach and starting the next lesson."

Participants with severe depressive symptoms or significant suicidality on the CAT-MH will be allocated to access clinical care, which entails weekly psychotherapy sessions and psychiatric care, when needed or appropriate. While clinical care will be available for the entire 6-month duration of the treatment component of the study, participants will be informed that on average therapy is completed within 13 sessions. The schedule of psychiatric care will be determined by the provider.

Perinatal psychiatric care involves medication management and supportive therapy for up to six months, with referrals to relevant community resources by the final visit.