Status:

COMPLETED

Stress Generation and Recurrent Depression: The Role of Differential Treatment Response

Lead Sponsor:

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ontario Mental Health Foundation

Conditions:

Depression

Major Depressive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

Depression affects over one million people in Canada, resulting in $14.4 billion per year in costs to Canadian society. In order to prevent this often lifelong disorder, it is critically important to ...

Detailed Description

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Programme (TDCRP) (Elkin et al., 1989; Sotsky et al., 1991) compared three forms of treatment for depressi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Meet the criteria for DSM-IV diagnosis of non-psychotic, major depression based on the Structured Interview for DSM-IV, Axis I disorders
  • Score \> 16 the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
  • Ages between 18 and 60
  • Are medication-free (i.e., of antidepressants) for a minimum of two weeks prior to treatment are eligible for entry into treatment protocols
  • Minimum eight grade education and fluency in reading English
  • Ability to give informed consent and complete assessment instruments unassisted

Exclusion

  • a SCID-I diagnosis of:
  • Bipolar Disorder (past or present),
  • Schizoaffective Disorder,
  • Schizophrenia,
  • Substance Abuse Disorder (current or within the past 6 months),
  • Borderline or Antisocial Personality Disorder,
  • Organic Brain Syndrome
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) within the past 6 months
  • Concurrent active medical illness

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

72 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00745017

Start Date

July 1 2001

Last Update

September 1 2008

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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 1R8