Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Cost-utility analysis of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme to reduce perinatal psychopathology in birthing parents in England
Originally published 2026-02-23 · BMJ Open
BMJ Publishing Group · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105124 ↗
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What resources does an attachment-focused parenting program require in a clinical service?
This economic evaluation compares an added parenting program with usual care and distinguishes resource use from evidence about a particular family's bond.
Who was studied?
Mothers and birthing parents with perinatal mental health difficulties in England
Age / stage: Perinatal period
Read with three questions
- What resources does an attachment-focused parenting program require in a clinical service?
- What care was used for comparison, and which costs and outcomes entered the economic analysis?
- Which features of the study population (mothers and birthing parents with perinatal mental health difficulties in England) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The economic comparison uses service costs and outcomes from English perinatal mental health services. A different care system, comparator or time horizon could yield different estimates.
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Jiunn Wang; Camilla Rosan; Kim Alyousefi-van Dijk; Zoe Darwin; Daphne Babalis; Victoria Cornelius; Ed Waddingham; Lani Richards; Stephen Pilling; Pasco Fearon; Peter Fonagy; Elena Pizzo (2026). Cost-utility analysis of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme to reduce perinatal psychopathology in birthing parents in England BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105124
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