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Filter by:This study will determine the effectiveness of an intervention consisting of combined strategies in reducing the symptoms of both depression and chronic back pain.
The specific aim of the "Coronary Patients Evaluation Study" (COPES) Project 2 is, within a Phase-I RCT, to examine patient satisfaction, treatment safety, and symptom reduction associated with treatment for symptoms of distress and/or depressed mood among post acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, as compared to usual cardiology care. For the purposes of this study, "symptoms of distress and/or depressed mood" is defined by a score on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) >10. The specific treatment approach utilized follows the, "Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment" (IMPACT) Clinical Trial, and involves up to 6-months of a patient preference, stepped-care protocol. Within this protocol, patients choose between brief, problem focused psychotherapy and anti-depressant medication. Treatment progress is reviewed at 2-month intervals, providing opportunities to 'step-up' treatment if patients are not demonstrating sufficient symptom reduction.
The purpose of the study is to try to see if antidepressant medications cause changes in QEEG measurements in the brain. QEEG is a mathematical analysis of electrical currents in the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp. Previous studies have shown that mood improvement (clinical response) caused by antidepressant medications was preceded by changes in QEEG measurements in the brain.
The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of acute psychiatric day care to conventional inpatient care within a cross-national multi-site randomised controlled trial.
The proposed study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of antidepressant combination for the treatment of depression. Depressive disorder is one of the most common human diseases with a high burden for every patient, her/his family, health care system and society as a whole. Actual treatment concepts of depressive disorders include pharmacologic, biologic (e.g. electroconvulsive therapy, light therapy) and psychologic therapy. Even though effective therapeutic options are at hand, therapy needs time. It is often not possible to reach full remission of the disease and 10-25% of patients suffering from depression are regarded as "treatment-resistant". In treatment resistant depression, the use of a combination of antidepressive drugs is considered safe and effective. However, at present no data exist concerning the use of drug combination as primary therapeutic option. The aim of the study is to examine the hypothesis, that significantly more patients achieve full remission of depressive symptoms when treated with the combination of two antidepressants and as a secondary hypothesis, that patients receiving a drug combination will achieve remission faster than patients treated with monotherapy. To test these hypotheses, a two group parallel design is used comparing the efficacy and safety of mirtazapine in combination with venlafaxine or placebo.
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of magnetic brain stimulation for the treatment of major depression in depressed adults with moderate treatment resistance.
This study will examine the effectiveness of a combination of antidepressant medication and sleep-focused psychotherapy to simultaneously treat sleep difficulties and depression.
Adolescents who are diagnosed with major depressive disorder are often also diagnosed with marijuana dependence. Fluoxetine is an antidepressant medication currently used to treat young people who are diagnosed with major depressive disorder. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of fluoxetine in treating adolescents and young adults diagnosed with both major depressive disorder and marijuana dependence.
The primary objective of the present study is to examine whether the combination of the antidepressant duloxetine and chronotherapeutic methods (including sleep deprivation, light therapy, and maintaining a regular sleep-wake rhythm) in patient with major depression, will induce an immediate improvement from depression and whether this antidepressive effect will be maintained in the long term (29 weeks). Patient will be randomised to the above mentioned treatment or to an active group receiving exercise.
A doubleblind randomised trial with active versus sham rTMS in combination with escitalopram in patients with prior treatment resistant depression in an acute 12 weeks trial with subsequent 24 weeks study phase with active versus placebo citalopram