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Filter by:The objective of this study is to collect data to improve the sensitivity and specificity of Kintsugi Voice's (formerly KiVATM) predictions on audio files. A web-based audio recording tool will be used to record voice sample and ask participants the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questions. A voluntary subset of participants will then be assessed by mental health professionals with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, postpartum depression and anxiety has increased dramatically. This is problematic as mothers in Manitoba must wait 12-18 months for therapeutic services. Children exposed to maternal mental illness in the first few years of life are at risk of negative lifelong adverse effects. Thus, the investigators of this project created and have tested The Building Emotion Awareness and Mental health (BEAM) program, which is an app-based mental health and parenting program for mothers of young children who are experiencing depression and/or anxiety. BEAM is now ready to be tested in partnership with an established community agency. This partnership will enable counsellors to provide expert-led mental health treatment to supplement and expand upon existing mental health services and will enable an established agency to address widespread unmet family mental health needs through the provision of mobile health (mHealth) content, training, and consultation. A two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with repeated measures will be used to evaluate the BEAM program compared to MoodMission (an evidence-based mHealth program) which will be the standard of care. Outcomes will be assessed to determine the effects of the BEAM program on reducing maternal mental health symptoms among a sample of 80 mothers who self-report moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression and/or anxiety (on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, respectively), meet criteria for a current major depressive episode and/or anxiety disorder (as determined on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) and have a child between the ages of 6 to 18 months old.
This multicentre study will be conduct in several Portuguese institutions, which provide care and supporting services for older adults, with aim to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the cognitive, emotional and social status of their beneficiaries. Initially, data on global cognitive function, executive function, mood, anxiety, loneliness, and quality of life will be collected. Secondly, a semi-structured interview will be carried out to realize and understand what were the major difficulties experienced by the older adult during the pandemic period.
Although mobile applications ("apps") for mental health are popular and widely available, little is known about how well they actually help people with common mental health symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. We are partnering with a commercially available app to test how well this app helps people's mental health over 8 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) to two groups: (a) using the app, (b) no app until after 8 weeks. We will ask participants to complete online surveys about their mood and well-being so we can better understand the effects of these different treatments.
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a debilitating condition that disproportionately affects women Veterans (25% vs. 16% of civilian women). Predisposing factors include higher rates of strenuous physical activity during military service, duty-related injuries, psychiatric distress, and sexual trauma. CPP is associated with a high burden of illness, disability, and economic costs (estimated at $5.8 billion in annual health care expenditures). Multimodal, interdisciplinary approaches are emphasized in the treatment of CPP. Psychological interventions are essential for optimizing pain self-management for CPP. Psychosocial factors are known to affect pain intensity and recovery. Women Veterans report higher rates of depression and anxiety with CPP, that leads to greater disability and poorer quality of life. Cognitive and behavioral therapies, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), are effective options for pain self-management. Barriers to effective pain treatment are high attrition and non-adherence. Additionally, women Veterans prefer treatments that address their gender-specific needs. Gender-specific services remain limited in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). In line with VHA's priorities to expand women's health care, this study implements ACT in a brief intervention format to address a highly prevalent reproductive health issue among women Veterans. ACT is transdiagnostic and thus provides a unified approach to the treatment of co-occurring disorders, such as chronic pain, depression, and anxiety. Brief workshop formats increase treatment completion and patient engagement. This study seeks to adapt an existing 1-day ACT workshop for use in VHA integrated primary care (PCMHI) and specialty medical settings with women veterans experiencing CPP. Primary outcomes are feasibility and acceptability of the adapted intervention.
This pilot study is a precursor to a subsequent clinical trial that will test the impact of a set of automated motivational messages on patient engagement with a digital mental health intervention. The pilot study aims to systematically employ patient feedback to develop the automated motivational messages that will be used in the subsequent clinical trial.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of maternal depression and anxiety has increased and research suggests that the cognitive development of children born during the pandemic has been impacted. There are significant concerns that a cohort of children may be at-risk for mental illness and impaired self-regulation due to elevated exposure to perinatal maternal mental illness. Intervention is crucial as the intergenerational effects of maternal mental illness are most pronounced when mental health concerns persist. There is currently an urgent need for accessible eHealth interventions for mothers of young children as the pandemic has contributed to an increased prevalence of mental health concerns and to additional barriers to services. The Building Emotion Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM) app-based program was developed to help address maternal mental health concerns and parenting stress. A two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) with repeated measures will be used to evaluate the efficacy of the BEAM intervention compared to treatment as usual (TAU) among a sample of 140 mothers who self-report moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression and/or anxiety and have a child 18 to 36 months-old.
This study is designed to test the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation intervention classes on psychosocial health outcomes. Additionally, the investigators would like to examine changes in the brain that might occur following the mindfulness meditation intervention. The investigators are particularly interested in changes in brain activity that are correlated with changes in inflammation-related markers in the blood. The nervous system and immune system are closely connected, and both are influenced by mindfulness. However, it is unclear whether changes in neural activity are linked with changes in inflammation. A compelling feature of mindfulness interventions is their potential for reducing inflammatory activity; however, this has not been examined in college students. In addition to measuring psychosocial outcomes, the investigators will employ sophisticated, vertically-integrated measures of inflammatory biology that allow the study team to probe intervention effects on circulating markers of inflammation. Thus, the investigators intend to recruit 60 undergraduate students and will randomize them into either a 6-week standardized mindfulness intervention or to a wait-list control group. Participants will complete brain scans, provide blood samples for immune analysis, and complete questionnaires at pre- and post-intervention assessments
This is a randomized-controlled interventional treatment study with three arms of comparable demographics to evaluate the safety and efficacy of OVR Health's VR experience to improve control over the focus of attention and reduce worry and rumination in individuals who have reported problems with these issues.
This study is part of a Wellcome Trust-funded research program in India called PRIDE (PRemIum for aDolEscents, 2016-2022) led by Principal Investigator Prof. Vikram Patel (Harvard Medical School). The goal of PRIDE is to establish a suite of scalable psychosocial interventions for common adolescent mental health problems in India. Following on from earlier studies to develop and evaluate the various PRIDE interventions in school settings, the current study aims to generate evidence on methods to support implementation. We will undertake a pre-and-post study design with a nested randomized controlled trial with the specific aims to: 1. Evaluate the effects of digital training on non-specialists' competency to deliver an evidence-based problem-solving intervention for common adolescent mental health problems 2. Evaluate the incremental effect of digital training with coaching (DT-C) in comparison with self-guided digital training (DT) on non-specialists' competency to deliver an evidence-based problem-solving intervention for common adolescent mental health problems 3. Evaluate the processes affecting the implementation of training interventions in both arms