View clinical trials related to Depressive Disorder.
Filter by:The COVID-19 pandemic and continued lockdown measures have led to social isolation that is likely disproportionately affecting community-dwelling seniors. This social isolation of seniors is expected to cause detrimental health effects especially in those who have an ongoing or new onset late life depressive episode. The COVID-19 pandemic has also made accessing formal psychotherapy services increasingly difficult due to an increased demand for these services and a limited number of trained professionals available to deliver these interventions. We plan to conduct an open label, pilot, randomized controlled trial (RCT), comparing a virtually delivered (telephone) student led mental health supportive initiative, Student Senior Isolation Prevention Partnership (SSIPP) (n=15) compared to a telephone delivered standard psychotherapy intervention, problem-solving therapy (PST) (n=15) versus a wait list control (n=15) in community-dwelling seniors suffering from late life depression. Participants in this study will be blinded to the hypothesis, while those performing data analysis will be blinded to treatment allocation. Both SSIPP and PST will be delivered via telephone as a weekly session for 12-weeks. Feasibility measures of recruitment, retention and costs will be collected as primary outcome measures. Self-rated measures of depression, anxiety, isolation and resilience will comprise secondary exploratory outcomes. We anticipate that it will be feasible to conduct an RCT of these telephone interventions, SSIPP and PST, in socially isolated community-dwelling seniors. Data from this study will be critical to plan a subsequent confirmatory large-scale RCT. It could be that telephone delivered medical student led supportive intervention, SSIPP and/or a telephone delivered psychotherapy initiative, PST, can be feasibly applied in the current pandemic to a high-risk population, isolated seniors suffering from depression.
Depression and anxiety are increasingly common conditions for which primary care providers (PCPs) serve as the initial healthcare contact for most patients. Comorbid depression and anxiety result in higher costs, and treatment as usual, which is referrals to specialty psychiatric care, often contribute to delays in care. Collaborative psychiatric care is an evidence-based strategy to increase mental healthcare access while reducing costs. ADAPT is a novel collaborative care model. By using technology-driven appointments with providers, ADAPT increases access to mental healthcare, and reduces member wait times. This mixed methods study will assess implementation measures of the ADAPT program and the components of ADAPT related to patient mental health improvement compared to specialty mental health care. The hypothesis is that: ADAPT program will have good program reach and efficacy. We will examine program implementation and maintenance. Further, the study looks to uncover member and program characteristics that are associated with depression and anxiety remission and care utilization.
The purpose of this research study is to determine how treatment response may change depending on how studies are designed, and if mobile cognitive training can be used to improve treatment response in depressed older adults.
With this study, the investigators will address the following scientific aims: 1. Demonstrate the antidepressant effects of CBD in human adults with treatment refractory MDD as measured by standard rating scales. 2. Confirm CBD's safety profile in human adult patients with MDD.
This study aims to investigate preoperative anxiety, depression, and coping strategy of the patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer and their effects on short-term postoperative recovery measured by Quality of Recovery-15 (QOR-15). The findings of the study would improve the perioperative management of early gastric cancer patients.
An open label trial to assess the safety and efficacy of transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) in improving symptoms of depression in youth.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a promising, novel, non-invasive therapy for depression. The study is looking at changes in specific electroencephalogram parameters in depressed patients treated with rTMS can serve as predictors of depression treatment response among cancer patents undergoing rTMS treatment of depression.
Study the neuromodulation device in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder and associated symptoms. In this study we use the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), the Quality of Life Scale (QQLS), the Rumination Response Scale (RRS), the Brief Irritability Test (BIT), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 Item Scale (GAD 7), and the Future Orientation Scale (FOS). This study was designed to mirror real life situations, and thus patients are not asked to stop their pharmaceutical treatments. Primary hypothesis for this study is: o Daily use of the device will decrease depressive symptoms as measured by HAM-D. Secondary hypotheses for these study are: - Daily use of the device will increase quality of life as measured by the QQLS. - Daily use of the device will decrease rumination as measured by the RRS. - Daily use of the device will decrease irritability as measured by the BIT. - Daily use of the device will increase future orientation as measured by the FOS. - Daily use of the device will decrease anxiety as measured by the GAD-7.
This study will assess the safety and tolerability of Candesartan when used in patients with Bipolar Disorder, in addition to their medication treatment.
Objectives: To identify peripheral neuroinflammatory markers in patients suffering from major depression or psoriasis in relation to affective symptoms (anxiety, depression, irritability), fatigue and cognitive symptoms; and their change after specific treatments. Methodology: Observational prospective cohort study in patients diagnosed with major depression and patients with plaque psoriasis, who naturalistically undergo different treatments (systemic or biological for psoriasis, antidepressants for depression). Forty-one patients with major depression attending psychiatric consultations and 82 patients with psoriasis attending dermatology consultations at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol aged 18 to 65 years old will be selected for inclusion. All of them will be assessed at baseline and after 4 months treatment through a series of demographic and clinical variables, psychiatric diagnosis, psychopathological scales and immunological and biochemical variables after blood draw for obtaining serum, peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and extraction of total RNA. Investigators will analyze the correlation between immunological markers and affective and cognitive symptoms at baseline, as well as their variation after treatment. Subsequently, a bivariate comparative analysis will be carried out, where statistically significant or marginally significant variables associated with psychopathological variables will be used to construct a multivariate model of binary logistic regression.