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Title
Copenhagen infant mental health project: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing circle of security –parenting and care as usual as interventions targeting infant mental health risks
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BMC Psychology, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40359-016-0166-8
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Mette Skovgaard Væver, Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Theis Lange

Abstract

Infant mental health is a significant public health issue as early adversity and exposure to early childhood stress are significant risk factors that may have detrimental long-term developmental consequences for the affected children. Negative outcomes are seen on a range of areas such as physical and mental health, educational and labor market success, social network and establishing of family. Secure attachment is associated with optimal outcomes in all developmental domains in childhood, and both insecure and disorganized attachment are associated with a range of later problems and psychopathologies. In disadvantaged populations insecure and disorganized attachment are common, which points to the need of identifying early risk and effective methods of addressing such problems. This protocol describes an experimental evaluation of an indicated group-based parental educational program, Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P), currently being conducted in Denmark. In a parallel randomized controlled trial of two intervention groups this study tests the efficacy of COS-P compared to Care as Usual (CAU) in enhancing maternal sensitivity and child attachment in a community sample in the City of Copenhagen, Denmark. During the project a general population of an estimated 17.600 families with an infant aged 2-12 months are screened for two known infant mental health risks, maternal postnatal depression and infant social withdrawal. Eligible families (N = 314), who agree to participate, will be randomly allocated with a ratio of 2:1 into the COS-P intervention arm and into CAU. Data will be obtained at inclusion (baseline) and at follow-up when the child is 12-16 months. The primary outcome is maternal sensitivity. Secondary outcomes include quality of infant attachment, language, cognitive and socioemotional development, family functioning, parental stress, parental mentalizing and maternal mental wellbeing. The potential implications of the experimental evaluation of an indicated brief group-based parenting educational program to enhance parental sensitivity and attachment are discussed. ClinicalTrials.govID: NCT02497677 . Registered July 15 2015.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Denmark 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Unknown 326 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 47 14%
Student > Bachelor 40 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 12%
Researcher 26 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 6%
Other 57 17%
Unknown 99 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 101 31%
Nursing and Health Professions 32 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 24 7%
Social Sciences 17 5%
Unspecified 11 3%
Other 28 9%
Unknown 115 35%
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