From many years of experience and international studies, it is known that psychological complaints after childbirth and early childhood regulatory difficulties are common stressors and that parent-infant-toddler psychotherapy (ESKP) offers very good support and relief for affected parents and their children. The SKKIPPI study assesses the need for care and scientifically evaluates the treatment approach, which has already been researched in other countries, in Germany. The aim is to contribute to improving the care situation by evaluating the integrated psychological-psychiatric care of mother/father and child in the first years of life.
The multicenter SKKIPPI study is being conducted in five regions (Berlin, Leipzig, Flensburg, Hamburg and Potsdam) and is divided into an epidemiological research part, as well as two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to investigate the effectiveness of the ESKP in inpatient treatment (clinic or day clinic) as well as outpatient and home treatment compared to existing treatment options (Treatment-As-Usual). The aim of the epidemiological cohort study is to determine the frequency of postpartum psychopathological disorders in mothers and fathers and regulatory disorders in children in the first year after birth, their protective factors and risk factors, as well as a (health economic) analysis of the care situation (including utilization, needs analysis and costs).
The RCTs should identify those factors and characteristics of the treatment that are most effective in helping to improve the future care situation in the area of psychological stress in the first years after birth.
Original language: German
PD. Dr. Anne Berghöfer, Dr. Stephanie Roll, PD Dr. Thomas Reinhold, Dr. Julia Fricke (Charité Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Kai von Klitzing
Petra Vienhues (Diako Flensburg)
Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Alexianer St-Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin-Weißensee (Berlin)
Helios Park-Klinikum (Leipzig)