Depression and Anxiety Trial, Not Yet Recruiting
voxsanity.com.au · Eligibility summary from public government registries · 18 August 2026 · not medical advice
Who may and may not be able to join
AI generated eligibility summary. Written by an AI model from the official source data and checked on a sample basis. It can contain mistakes, so confirm anything important against the original source. How we use AI
Who may be able to join
- People who are British mothers of African and Caribbean heritage
- People who are experiencing emotional distress related to childbirth or parenting, and have scored 5 or above on a standard mental health questionnaire called the PHQ-9
- People who have at least one child aged between 0 and 3 years old
- People who live in one of the designated communities included in the trial and are able to attend follow-up appointments
- People who are 18 years of age or older
- People who are able to give informed consent to take part in the trial
Who may not be able to join
Each point below is a reason the trial team may not be able to accept someone. It is not a list of requirements to meet.
- Mothers who have a medical condition that would prevent participation, such as active thoughts of suicide, tuberculosis, or heart failure
- Mothers who are temporary residents and are unlikely to be available for follow-up appointments
- Mothers who are under 18 years of age
- Mothers who are unable to give informed consent
- Mothers who are not of British African and Caribbean heritage
Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.
Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.
If you need support right now
This page includes language about suicide and self-harm, because that is how the trial's eligibility criteria are written. If reading it has been hard, you do not have to keep going. The services below are free, confidential, and answered by people trained for exactly this.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
- Lifeline — 24/7 crisis support: 13 11 14
- Suicide Call Back Service — 24/7 counselling: 1300 659 467
- 13YARN — 24/7, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: 13 92 76
- Beyond Blue — 24/7 mental health support: 1300 22 4636
- Kids Helpline — 24/7, free and private for anyone aged 5 to 25: 1800 55 1800
- headspace — mental health support for 12 to 25 year olds: headspace.org.au
- Emergency: 000
Outside Australia? The numbers above are Australian and will not work from overseas. Find a Helpline is a free directory of crisis lines in over 130 countries, run by ThroughLine with the International Association for Suicide Prevention. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
Voxsanity is not a crisis service, and nothing on this page is medical advice. More Australian services are listed on our support lines page.
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Trial details
Primary endpoints
Change in postnatal depression is being assessed; Change in postnatal anxiety is being assessed; Change in social support is being assessed; Change in health-related quality of life is being assessed; Change in service satisfaction is being assessed; Change in child physio-emotional development is being assessed; Change in parenting knowledge of child development is being assessed
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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 17 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.