Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Telepsychiatry-based Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment of Depressed Chinese Americans
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Depression
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Hypothesis 1. Telepsychiatry consultations will be acceptable and well-received by depressed Chinese Americans and by their primary care clinicians. Hypothesis 2. Depressed Chinese Americans in remot...
Detailed Description
Telepsychiatry-based CSCT (T-CSCT): Live and interactive Telepsychiatry (using videoconferencing) brings tremendous opportunities to clinical care, education, research, and administration. In the U.S...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Individuals with Chinese ethnicity, defined as people who self-identify as being Chinese based upon having either one or both parents being ethnic Chinese.
- Monolingual Chinese American immigrants, defined as people who require or prefer to be interviewed in Chinese (including Cantonese, Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Toisanese dialects).
- Men or women age 18 or older, who live in the greater Boston area.
- Individuals who are competent to consent and have completed a written consent form.
- Individuals who have a PCP.
- Patients who screen positive for MDD, current according to the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as diagnosed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al, 1998)
- Individuals who are willing to receive phone interviews for monitoring of symptoms and for additional support (care management) if available.
Exclusion
- Patients with serious suicidal risk.
- Patients with unstable medical illnesses requiring imminent hospitalization or rendering patients unsuitable for clinical interview.
- d. Patients with comorbid severe mental disorders including:
- Organic mental disorders.
- Alcohol or substance abuse disorders active within the last year.
- Schizophrenia.
- Delusional disorder.
- Psychotic disorders not elsewhere classified.
- Bipolar disorder. e. Patients with history of treatment by a psychiatrist in the past 4 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
241 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00854542
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2015
Last Update
December 1 2016
Active Locations (1)
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South Cove Community Health Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111