FamilieTrivsel i Almen Praksis: a Mentalisation Programme for Families With Young Children

Launched by RESEARCH UNIT OF GENERAL PRACTICE, COPENHAGEN · Oct 15, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

This is a cluster randomised trial based in Danish general practice. A number of general practitioners will be recruited, each of which will recruit successive women at their first routine antenatal appointment. All practices will receive standardised training in assessing maternal mental health, neurodevelopmental assessment of the child and assessment of the quality of parent-child interaction as well as in completion of an enhanced pregnancy or child development record.

Practices will be randomised either to receive additional training in the principles of mentalisation and in the use o...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women presenting at their first GP-based antenatal assessment and their families
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Non-Danish speaking women
• • Families planning to move to a new general practice during the pregnancy or shortly after the birth of the child
• • Mother has already participated in the trial (e.g., second eligible baby within life of the study)
• • Presentation to the GP after the time for the third scheduled antenatal visit
• • Miscarriage or other pregnancy loss after recruitment to the study will lead to late exclusion from the study
• • Second pregnancies among already-participating families