Treating maternal depression

As many as three in ten women suffer depression in pregnancy, while half of those depressed in pregnancy are still depressed a year later.
Sonia Bhalotra explains how treating maternal depression with cognitive behavioural therapy can affect parenting behaviours, encouraging mothers to invest more time and money in their children.
Read about the CAGE Mental Health and Economic Status workshop (October 2022)
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Read the research
Victoria Baranov, Sonia Bhalotra, Pietro Biroli and Joanna Maselko (2020). Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. American Economic Review. 110 (3): pp.824-59 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10...
Sonia Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paulino Font Gilabert, Joanna Maselko (2020). Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13056. repec.iza.org/dp13056.pdf