Multi-component Family Intervention to Lower Depression and Address Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal

The MILAP intervention, developed through participatory research, includes 9 sessions over 9 weeks, totaling 11 hours. It begins with the MilDil component, consisting of two sessions (4 hours) for MIL-DIL dyads, focusing on discussing cultural gender norms, raising awareness about the negative impact of IPV, establishing allyship between MIL and DIL, and empowering DILs while enhancing MILs' support for DILs' freedom of movement. This is followed by two one-hour sessions on Brief Behavioral Activation (BA) to address and prevent depression, involving MILs for necessary family support. Lastly, the husband-wife dyad will engage in four weekly sessions (4 hours) of Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT), aimed at improving communication, coping strategies, and fostering caring behaviors between partners.