This article was published in Child: Care, Health and Development [© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd] and the definite version is available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cch.12176/abstract ; Background: Maternal depression is associated with poor child development and growth in low-income countries. This paper evaluates the effect of a community-based trial providing psychosocial stimulation and food supplements to severely malnourished children on maternal depressive symptoms in Bangladesh. Methods: Severely underweight (weight-for-age Z-score