Beating the Blues before Birth

INTERVENTION: Intervention group is allocated to 8 sessions of a cognitive behavioural therapy group program and networked with health professionals. Each weekly session runs for an hour and a half and it is expected that women attend every session. Women in this condition will be case‐managed by a midwife/health professional and referred to other agencies/services as necessary, as normally happens where specialised programs are not available. CONDITION: Antenatal depression Anxiety Social Support PRIMARY OUTCOME: Beck Anxiety Inventory Beck Depression Inventory ‐ Second Edition Social provisions scale SECONDARY OUTCOME: Beck Anxiety Inventory Beck Depression Inventory ‐ Second Edition Information about birth & services used Social Provisions Scale INCLUSION CRITERIA: Participants will be women, 20‐30 weeks pregnant, 18 years or over with a DSM‐IV diagnosis of minor or major depression.