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Brief Group Intervention Using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for Depression in College Students

NCT01117532 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2018-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Depression is an important mental health concern in college students. This study will recruit students who test positive for moderate to severe depression on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Subjects will be randomly assigned to either a treatment or a control condition. Those in the treatment group will receive four 90 minute group classes using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to address traumatic memories and other self-identified causes of depression. It will compare them to a no treatment control group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

Four 90 minute group therapy classes of this behavioral intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Soul Medicine Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • Philippines

Study Locations

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Diseases

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