View clinical trials related to Mental Disorders.
Filter by:The Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program is conducting a research study comparing an antidepressant, sertraline, alone versus in combination with a second-generation antipsychotic, risperidone, to evaluate their ability to reduce unusual thoughts, suspiciousness and other unusual experiences, to improve reasoning ability, memory, attention and social skills in adolescents.
The aim of the following pilot study is to examine boredom in a community sample of adolescents and a clinical sample of adolescents. This is important in order to examine differences among healthy adolescents and adolescents with mental illness.
Evaluation of the antipsychotic efficacy and safety of ziprasidone versus olanzapine, risperidone or quetiapine in patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective and schizophreniform disorders under naturalistic conditions of clinical practice
The purpose of this study is to investigate different aspects of Quality of Life and mental health in patients under treatment in a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic and in the normal population.
This study will assess the effectiveness of pimozide in enhancing the effects of clozapine in the treatment of schizophrenia.
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of quetiapine (Seroquel) in reducing substance use in persons diagnosed with schizophrenia. The primary hypothesis is that quetiapine treatment will be associated with a decrease in substance use.
Corlux (mifepristone) is a new medication that modulates the body's use of a hormone called cortisol. Under normal conditions, cortisol and other hormones are created by the body in response to physical and emotional stress, triggering a healthy stress response. People who suffer from psychotic major depression may have unusually high levels of cortisol circulating within them or abnormal patterns of cortisol levels, overloading the stress response mechanism and causing symptoms of psychosis such as delusional thoughts or hallucinations. If Corlux can keep the body's cortisol receptors from being overloaded, the stress response system may return to normal function, which may result in improvement of symptoms. The purpose of this 56 day study is to learn the safety and effectiveness of Corlux in patients who have been diagnosed with psychotic major depression (PMD).
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether naltrexone is effective in the treatment of alcohol dependence and abuse in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Hypotheses are as follows: hypothesis 1: Naltrexone will be more effective than placebo in reducing alcohol use. hypothesis 2: Patients responding to naltrexone by reducing alcohol use will also show reductions in severity of psychiatric symptoms and utilization of inpatient and emergency psychiatric services. hypothesis 3: Severity of psychiatric symptoms and amount of service utilization will correlate positively with alcohol use.
This study intends to compare novel antipsychotics ziprasidone and olanzapine, to confirm the findings of an open study -where stable patients receiving olanzapine switched to ziprasidone- which showed maintenance of clinical effect with improvements in all domains of cognitive function at 6 weeks (Daniel, 1999). Direct comparison of the two agents in a well-controlled double-blind fashion will allow an evaluation of the effect on cognitive function in the short and long-term management of patients with recent-onset schizophrenia, schizoaffective and schizophreniform disorder.
This project evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of a care model to improve treatment for schizophrenia within the context of diverse VA practices and priorities. The project provides information to VA clinicians and managers about Veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are overweight and/or who would like to return to competitive work. The project facilitates reorganization of care practices in order to get veterans needed and desired services around wellness and work. The project creates a platform that other clinical and research interventions can build upon to improve care, and is designed to inform a national strategy for implementing evidence-based care in schizophrenia.