Reaching and Engaging Depressed Senior Center Clients (REDS)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of two types of group therapy sessions. The research is being done because the researchers are trying to learn if these approaches could be used by therapist in the community social service agencies to treat older adults with depression. There are two study groups. One group is a form of group therapy called "Engage-M", which encourages subjects to engage in physical and social activities that they find pleasurable or rewarding. One group is another form of group therapy called, "Wellness in Mind and Body", which focuses on education and de-stigmatization of health and mental health conditions.

Conditions

• Depression, Unipolar
• Mental Health Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Engage-M

Engage is a stepped care psychotherapy based on what is known about how older adults respond to depression interventions. Stepped care is a model of treatment that starts with the minimum effective therapeutic techniques first, and then based on how well people respond to treatment, additional therapeutic techniques are added until people are recovered from their depression.

BEHAVIORAL

Wellness in Mind and Body

An active intervention focusing on psychoeducation and de-stigmatization of health and mental health conditions. These sessions are commonly part of senior centers programs. W-MH will offer mental health referral to a clinic or primary care physician as part of senior center procedures for clients with positive PHQ-9s.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York City Department for the Aging

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• George Alexopoulos, MD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

• Patricia Marino, PhD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

55 Years

Max Age

100 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-01-01

Primary Completion

2020-06-09

Completion

2020-06-09

Countries

• United States

Study Locations