Online Treatments for Perinatal Anxiety and Depression

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Start feeling better with MumMoodBooster online treatment

Antenatal and Postnatal Depression affect one in seven Australian women. Symptoms can include: Feeling sad most of the day; Losing interest in most activities and Feeling worried a lot of the time. If you’re expecting or have a new baby and are struggling to cope, feeling flat, sad or depressed, this program may help you.

Online treatment can be a highly effective option for parents to manage their mental and emotional wellbeing. MumMoodBooster is a government supported FREE online treatment program designed to help women anywhere in Australia who are experiencing depression either during pregnancy (antenatal depression) or after the birth of their baby (postnatal depression).

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MumMoodBooster treatment

A FREE postnatal treatment for mums with a baby.

MumMoodBooster is Australia’s leading evidence-based treatment for postnatal depression. MumMoodBooster is designed to help women recover from postnatal depression. MumMoodBooster can be used to complement existing supports, or when access to face-to-face services is limited. Learn more >>

By joining you will:

  • have free and immediate access to six online sessions that can be personalized to fit your situation.
  • access to an online library and optional partner support website.

www.mummoodbooster.com

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Mum2BMoodBooster treatment

A FREE antenatal treatment for mums expecting a baby.

Mum2BMoodBooster is Australia’s leading evidence-based treatment for depression during pregnancy. Mum2BMoodBooster is a free online program designed to help women recover from antenatal depression. Mum2BMoodBooster can be used to complement existing supports, or when access to face-to-face services is limited. Learn more >>

By joining you will:

  • have free and immediate access to six online sessions that can be personalized to fit your situation.
  • access to an online library and optional partner support website.

www.mum2bmoodbooster.com

REGISTER HERE AND GET STARTED >

What is MumMoodBooster?

MumMoodBooster and Mum2BMoodBooster are evidence-based e-treatments designed to help women anywhere in Australia who are experiencing depression either during pregnancy (antenatal depression) or after the birth of their baby (postnatal depression).

Our treatment programs are based on best practice psychological treatment. They are designed to deliver the benefits of face-to-face cognitive-behavioural treatment without needing to leave your home. The MumMoodBooster programs can be used to complement existing supports, or when access to face-to-face services is limited.

These online treatments have been developed by the Parent-Infant Research Institute and have a strong evidence base. www.piri.org.au

MumMoodBooster Program Brochure

  • Designed to help women anywhere in Australia who are experiencing depression either during pregnancy (antenatal depression) or after the birth of their baby (postnatal depression) .
  • Free and available immediately, 24/7 helping to improve access to care when and where it is needed.
  • Includes a six-session, self-paced cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment program that mirrors traditional face-to face psychology sessions.
  • Proven effective in controlled scientific studies and has been shown in trials to be as effective as face-to-face psychology treatment, even for moderately severe depression.
  • Rapid symptom reduction.
  • 80% of users are no longer clinically depressed.
  • Complete Privacy.
  • Suitable for pregnant women and new mums.
  • Choose session times to suit yourself.
  • Is personalised and highly interactive and entirely under the control of the user.
  • Use from home or on your mobile device.
  • Highest completion rate of any PND program (over 95% of sessions completed by users).
  • sms support.
  • Can be used to complement existing supports, or when access to face-to-face services is limited.
  • Optional weekly phone coach (for mums with more severe symptoms).

If you, or someone you know, are experiencing symptoms of depression, you may be interested in this program.

MumMoodBooster is the only Australian e-treatment designed and validated specifically for the clinical treatment of perinatal depression. Unlike most e-treatments for depression, MumMoodBooster is not a series of “slides” containing text and cartoon stories with suggestions for “homework”. Instead, MumMoodBooster is an active, six-session cognitive-behavioural therapy treatment program, closely comparable to the therapy delivered in traditional face-to-face psychology sessions, but entirely under the control of the user.

It allows women to work through their own issues and develop strategies for dealing with these. Low-intensity sms messages provide regular contact, advice and encouragement to remain motivated in completing the treatment. Changes in symptoms of depression are regularly monitored throughout the program. Women can invite their partners to access a partner website with information on perinatal depression and  for managing their own emotional health.

The MumMoodBooster treatment format is highly interactive and includes engaging, personalisable content; personalised tools for tracking mood and activities in real time; exercises and journaling activities to be completed online; behavioural strategies for personalised depression treatment; video vignettes and tutorials of cognitive-behavioural strategies; online and email reminders for session completion.

MumMoodBooster has been trialled in clinical studies in the US and Australia, and in randomised controlled trials in Australia. It has proven effective in the treatment of major depressive disorder and minor depressive disorder. Eighty percent of women completing the program are no longer depressed. MumMoodBooster has a 95% completion rate. For more information visit www.piri.org.au

Randomized controlled trial: Milgrom, J., Danaher, B. G., Seeley, J. R., Holt, C. J., Holt, C., Ericksen, J., … & Gemmill, A. W. (2021). Internet and face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy for postnatal depression compared with treatment as usual: randomized controlled trial of MumMoodBooster. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(12), e17185. https://www.jmir.org/2021/12/e17185/

Randomized controlled trial: Milgrom, J., Danaher, B. G., Holt, C., Holt, C. J., Seeley, J., Tyler, M. S., . . . Gemmill, A. W. (2016). Internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Women with Postnatal Depression: a randomised controlled trial of MumMoodBooster. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(3), e54. doi: doi:10.2196/jmir.4993

Feasibility Trial: Danaher, B., Milgrom, J., Seeley, J., Stuart, S., Schembri, C., Tyler, M. et al. (2013). MomMoodBooster Web-Based Intervention for Postpartum Depression: Feasibility Trial Results. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(11), e242. https://www.jmir.org/2013/11/e242/

Usability Study: Danaher, B. G., Milgrom, J., Seeley, J. R., Stuart, S., Schembri, C., Tyler, M. et al. (2012). Web-based Intervention for Postpartum Depression: Formative Research and Design of the MomMoodBooster Program. JMIR Research Protocols, 1(2), e13. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/resprot.2329

We continue to work with collaborators around the world to establish the effectiveness of internet-based psychological treatments for depression.

MumMoodBooster and Mum2BMoodBooster are provided FREE to Australian women and is supported by funding from the Australian Government.

Download the MumMoodBooster program brochure

These programs have been developed and validated by the Parent-Infant Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. www.piri.org.au

PIRI acknowledges the generous support of beyondblue, the Ian Potter Foundation, NHMRC, NIH and the Windermere Foundation in developing and testing these online treatment programs.

MumMoodBooster Clinician Portal

Developed with GP’s, for health professionals, the customised clinician portal allows direct referral of patients to MumMoodBooster and Mum2BMoodBooster, where you can monitor your patients mood. Once registered, health professionals can start to refer patients to the postnatal and antenatal versions of the program using the online referral form.

Through the portal, health professionals have secure access to view their patients’ assessment results and monitor their depression symptoms and risk. Whilst a health professional may have already screened a patient, MumMoodBooster and Mum2BMoodBooster offers an additional EPDS screening assessment.

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Referring to Mum2BMoodBooster and MumMoodBooster – a guide for Health Professionals

Do you have a mum who is struggling to cope or depressed? Your patients can self-refer to Mum2BMoodBooster or MumMoodBooster or you can refer them to these treatment programs via a dedicated Clinician Portal for additional screening and to monitor your patients mood, symptoms and risk. Register for secure access to the Clinician Portal to receive a unique referral code for all your patients to access the free Mum2BMoodBooster and MumMoodBooster programs.

Download the Clinician Portal Brochure or Quick Referral Guide to find out more.

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