Psychophysiological Correlates of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Recurrent Depression

NCT00974077 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2014-12-23

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Summary

The study investigates cognitive attention, rumination and psychophysiological (EEG) processes in healthy subjects and remitted patients with at least three previous depressive episodes. The investigators expect that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy prevents future depressive episodes and has influence on cognitive and psychophysiological measures.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Group treatment over 8 weeks with training in meditation, stress regulation, shift attention, stay present, in addition with cognitive and behavioral strategies (following Williams et al. Manual 2002)

OTHER

Waiting List Control

Patients receive MBCT with a delay of 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Tuebingen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin Hautzinger, PhD · Eberhard Karls University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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