Post-natal Post-traumatic Stress: Impact of an Early Dyadic Intervention Though Interaction Guidance Therapy on Maternal Sensitivity and Reduction of Maternal Stress
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Where
- France10 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 36 people enrolled
- Started
- 29 Dec 2021
- Ended
- 13 May 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Interaction Guidance Therapy
- Mother's child psychotherapeutic session
- Interview
- Self-rated questionnaires
- Record updated
- 6 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- For the mother:
- Mother over 18 years old, who gave birth to a healthy child
- Mother having a PCL-5 score higher than > 31, 5 +/- 1 week after delivery and the traumatic event is related to childbirth or pregnancy
- Mother Speaking and reading French,
- Mother with signed consent
- Mother with rights open to social security
- Mother and Father consent to the participation of the baby; For the father:
- holder of parental authority
- Speaking and reading French
- Consent to self-reported questionnaires
Who cannot take part
- Any mother's acute, somatic or psychiatric clinical condition not compatible with the research procedure
- Childbirth under 34 weeks of gestational age
- PTSD not related to pregnancy or birth
- Child's health situation who impact the feasibility of the protocol, with a risk of hospitalization of more than 3 days between 6 and 12 weeks of life
- Twins
- Stillbirth
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of this study is to assess if an early therapeutic management focused on the mother-baby interaction using Interaction Guidance Therapy (IGT) with video feedback, brings an improvement of the maternal sensitivity in the interaction but also a decrease of the post-traumatic maternal symptoms.
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Post Natal Post traumatic stress is known as a disorder that impaired maternal mental health but also development of motherhood and the construction of the bond to the baby through interactive disturbances.
The investigators will screen, among women who had a traumatic perception of an event related to the pregnancy or the childbirth, those who still present posttraumatic stress symptoms at 4 weeks post-partum. Four weeks from the traumatic event is the minimum delay to qualify a PTSD.
After randomization IGT versus Treatment As Usual (TAU), the investigators planned an early therapeutic intervention, 3 sessions at 8, 10 and 12 weeks of post-partum.
The investigators will assess the effect of the IGT on Maternal sensitivity and on the intensity of post-traumatic stress symptoms at 3 month post-partum and 1year.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Interactive Guidance TherapyTreatment being tested
Mother child psychotherapy based on video-feedback interaction after a free play session. The therapy usually enhances parent sensibility to the child.
Treatment: Interaction Guidance Therapy, Interview, and Self-rated questionnaires
- Treatment as usualExisting treatment, for comparison
Mother child psychotherapeutic sessions without video feed back.
Treatment: Mother's child psychotherapeutic session, Interview, and Self-rated questionnaires
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 6 May 2026