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Stress Reduction Intervention for Enhancing Treatment Outcome for Depressed Minority Patients

NCT00998959 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-04-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the usefulness of a stress reduction treatment in helping minority patients with major depression get better. Subjects will receive six weeks of either mindfulness-based stress reduction and problem solving therapy or psychoeducation.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Psychoeducation

Participants will receive six individual weekly 50-minute sessions of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) as well as problem solving therapy (PST. PST is a type of therapy that focuses on psychosocial problems and using your skills and resources to function better. MBSR uses exercises in mindfulness to reduce stress.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation

Participants will receive six individual weekly 50-minute sessions of psychoeducation. Psychoeducation consists of education on depression, its symptoms, its treatment, and recovery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dupont-Warren

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Trina E. Chang, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Trina E. Chang, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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