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Effectiveness of Buddhist Monks in Providing Cognitive Behavior Therapy

NCT01706731 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2012-10-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research is to study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy-CBT and Psychotherapy by trained buddhist monks. There are generally accepted that both cognitive and Buddhist concepts are related. This randomized controlled trial is to study the elderly participants who suffer major depressive disorder according to DSM-IV. The subjects will be divided into two groups. The experimental group will receive 12 sessions of CBT 2 times per week for 6 weeks in addition to usual treatment. The control group will receive treatment as usual and general conversation (non-CBT) with monks. Pretreatment factors (such as attachment style, interpersonal factors) of both therapist monks and patient participants will be studied.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual (TAU)is defined as the routine care provided to each individual patient at the geriatric psychiatry clinic of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT)includes psychoeducational components combined with cognitive interventions targeted at challenging negative automatic thoughts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chiang Mai University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nahathai - Wongpakaran, M.D. · Chiang Mai University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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