Status:

COMPLETED

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Depression in an Epilepsy Clinic Setting

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Epilepsy Foundation

Conditions:

Epilepsy

Depressive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study involves a form of group therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT for depressed patients with Epilepsy. The CBT groups will be tailored for an epilepsy clinic population. There ar...

Detailed Description

Depression is frequent in PWE and often missed for unclear reasons. Busy neurology clinics and their overworked physicians often lack psychiatric backup that may make inquiring about psychological iss...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • :- Patients will be screened with the Beck Depression Inventory. Those reaching the positive cut-off score of 11 (indicating at least a mild depression) will be entered into the study. Patients entered on antidepressants will be held at a stable dosage. Anti-epileptic drugs will also be maintained on the same dosage at entry into the study when possible clinically, after consultation with their neurologist.

Exclusion

  • Patients will be excluded if there is any active serious medical conditions, Standard Score\<70 as assessed via the Wide Range Achievement Test, psychotic or substance abuse issues, those who are unable to maintain a stable dose of medications for the duration of study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00285740

Start Date

August 1 2005

End Date

January 1 2007

Last Update

July 23 2019

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305