View clinical trials related to Depression in Adolescence.
Filter by:The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a two-hour online training course on depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence in educational professionals to improve depression and mental health literacy. It will further be investigated whether the course leads to changes in attitudes towards the illness (reduction of stigma) and to an increased behavioural confidence and behavioral change in dealing with pupils with symptoms and illnesses.
Behavioral activation is one such empirically supported intervention. Derived from cognitive-behavioral therapy, a well-established treatment for depression, behavioral activation uses psychoeducation and skill-building to increase an individual's engagement in valued and enjoyable activities (e.g., socializing with family and friends, exercising, participating in a hobby) in order to improve depressive symptoms. Research has shown that behavioral activation is an effective intervention for depressed youth. Additionally, it has been shown as a promising intervention that can be conducted in a brief, virtual format and can be effectively implemented by both trained clinicians and trained, non-licensed interventionists. This project will provide Behavioral Activation for youth (12-17) experiencing depression or suicidal ideation who are currently enrolled in the Youth Depression Suicide Network study in Texas.
The overarching research project aims to evaluate of an internet-delivered affect-focused psychodynamic treatment (IPDT) for adolescents aged 15-19 with depression. The previous study was a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing IPDT with internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT). The results showed that IPDT and ICBT had similar effects. Adolescents in both treatments showed large improvements in both depression and other outcome measures. Online psychological treatment is also known as guided self-help, where the participant reads texts and performs exercises on their own, with the support of an online therapist. The planned study is an RCT to investigate the effect of therapist feedback and customized treatment for adolescents at risk of not being helped by IPDT. The study builds on analyses of predicted treatment trajectories in the project's previous study. Based on these analyses, algorithms have been developed that identify which young people who, after three weeks of treatment, are at risk of not getting a good outcome from the treatment. In the present study, 240 young people aged 15-19 with major depression will begin IPDT. After three weeks of treatment, the course of the treatment is analyzed using the algorithm and the young people who are at risk of not having a good outcome are identified. These adolescents are randomized to either continue unchanged treatment or to receive detailed therapist feedback on the adolescent's treatment prognosis and instructions to adapt the treatment in consultation with the individual adolescent. The IPDT treatment consists of eight modules and treatment duration is ten weeks. The study evaluates the effect of the treatment on depression and other variables such as anxiety symptoms, emotion regulation and self-image. The project's previous studies have shown that IPDT is an effective treatment that can be offered to adolescents with depression. The planned study can show whether the outcome of IPDT can be further improved by paying attention to adolescents with poorer treatment progress and adapting the treatment more to their needs.
The overall aim of this proposal is a confirmatory efficacy trial sufficiently powered and designed to test the hypothesis that improving the relationship between biological circadian timing and waketime, a novel modifiable target, improves depression outcomes in a subgroup of adolescents with depression and a misaligned relationship between biological circadian timing and waketime utilizing a cognitive-behavioral sleep intervention.
This is a parallel arm randomized (1:1) controlled trial. Adolescents aged 12-17 years (n=452) that did not respond or tolerate first-line fluoxetine therapy will be randomly allocated to receive 12-weeks of pharmacogenetic-guided antidepressant therapy (experimental intervention) or GLAD-PC guided prescribing (control intervention).
The goal of this study is to reduce depressive symptoms as well as increase the positive coping strategy and quality of life in depressed university students. The main question it aims to answer is: • The efficacy of 4-week mindfulness-cognitive oriented group program The participants will be requested to participate in a 4-week program and do the mindfulness practice at home.
The goal of this neuroimaging pilot study is to understand developmental differences in the impact of therapeutic wavelength light (blue light) versus a non-therapeutic wavelength (red light) on emotional brain function in depression. The main questions this study aims to answer are: - Does acute exposure to blue light (vs red light) stabilize emotional brain function in depressed individuals? - Are stabilizing effects of blue light (vs red light) stronger for blue light in adolescents than young adults? Participants will complete: - A magnetic resonance imaging brain scan, in which we will examine the effect of blue versus red light on emotional brain function at rest and in response to rewards and losses. - A pupillometry test of sensitivity to blue vs red light - Clinical interviews and surveys - Screening measures for drug and alcohol use, MRI safety, and current pregnancy [if relevant] - Home sleep tracking with sleep diary and actigraphy for one week
This research will use biobehavioral approaches to generate understanding about the linkages between sleep duration and timing, stressful life events, and depressive symptoms in adolescents, with a long-term aim of developing effective preventative interventions.
In the United States, adolescents experience alarmingly high rates of major depression, and gold-standard treatments are only effective for approximately half of patients. Rumination may be a promising treatment target, as it is well-characterized at the neural level and contributes to depression onset, maintenance, and recurrence as well as predicts treatment non-response. Accordingly, the proposed research will investigate whether an innovative mindfulness-based real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedback intervention successfully elicits change in the brain circuit underlying rumination to improve clinical outcomes among depressed adolescents.
This study is dedicated to help identify biomarkers for depression and suicide. The purpose of the study is to better understand these links to improve medical and psychiatric care in the future. This research is also to test the effects of standard treatment of depression on improvement in depressive and suicidal behavior and on biomarkers (e.g. miRNA) for these disorders.