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Filter by:A body of evidence from both animal and human research suggests that antidepressant drugs may induce early changes in emotional processing that interact with environmental factors to produce a later change in mood. This experimental medicine study will examine the effect of citalopram on emotional cognition under different environmental conditions (as manipulated by the presence or absence of behavioural activation training). Participants will be administered either citalopram or placebo over the course of two weeks. Citalopram will be taken either alone or in combination with behavioural activation training.
A high-quality broad-spectrum cannabidiol supplement with a bio-terpene complex will be administered once daily. It is hypothesized that this supplement will lead to improvements in sleep, focus, and stress. Previous research supports that CBD supplementation provides support to the endocannabinoid system, allowing the brain to better control negative psychological outcomes like fear, stress, and negative mood states.
Physical activity (PA) has recently been established as both a primary intervention for mild to moderate, and a secondary therapy for moderate to severe Major Depressive Disorder (MDD; Fortier et al., 2020). Those with mental health disorders do not on average achieve recommended levels of PA (Hallgren et al., 2016), and exercise prescription is extremely lacking in clinical care (Stanton, Reaburn, & Happell, 2015; Stanton et al., 2018). Theory-based behavioural interventions have proven to be an effective tool for improving physical activity levels in clinical populations (Glowacki, et al., 2017; Stanton et al., 2015). More research is needed to understand PA intervention effectiveness for MDD patients (Glowacki et al., 2017), support integration of such behavioural treatments with primary care (Lederman et al., 2017), and address growing concerns regarding mental health during the global pandemic and beyond (Boyce, 2021). This community-based study examines the feasibility of a co-designed, 10-week, asynchronous, web-based beta platform PA intervention for patients with experience of low mood and/or mild to moderate depression, and will provide important parameters for a future randomized-controlled trial (RCT). Primary outcome measures will focus on acceptability and feasibility, including recruitment and retention rates. Secondary measures will include physical activity and depression symptom severity. Behavioural predictors of PA are to be evaluated as tertiary outcomes. Questionnaires will include an adapted participant experience measure, Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. This study features a controlled baseline, post-intervention evaluative design with an embedded quantitative process evaluation with a waitlist control. Participants will be young adults with experience of low mood and/or mild to moderate depression, 19-30 years of age, with access to a device with internet, English speaking, living within British Columbia, CAN., and falling below the minimum Canadian recommendations for PA. Study recruitment will primarily be facilitated by multiple youth mental health primary and community care clinics. This study will contribute to understanding of acceptable, efficacious, behaviour-based and mobile health intervention approaches for young adults with depression. It will also provide young people with a platform to share invaluable feedback to direct innovations in their own alternative care and mental health treatment. If outcome benchmarks set based on previous literature are met or exceeded for each of recruitment, retention, and acceptability, and depressive symptoms trend downwards for intervention participants, then a future randomized controlled trial exploring principally mental health outcomes will be recommended.
The present study aims to evaluate whether signposting to online peer support will be associated with a significant decrease in self-reported loneliness for parents of children with long-term conditions and disabilities. Parents of children with long-term conditions and disabilities will be randomised to either the treatment condition, being signposted to online peer support, or to the waitlist condition. Whether signposting to online peer support has an impact on social capital and anxiety and depression will also be investigated.
A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effect of 8 weeks of supplementation with Bifidobacterium longum 1714® strain on Beck's Depression Inventory-II Score in adults who experience low mood.
The primary aim of this non-randomised feasibility study is to 1) examine the acceptability of a newly developed computerised Behavioural Activation programme (BALM) in treating young people experiencing low mood/depression and 2) assess the feasibility of undertaking a pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of the intervention.