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Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12347878
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Erlangen

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37736688/ (added 22/09/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 3 October 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

1. Depression, diagnosed by a diagnostic interview based on the DSM-V diagnostic criteria.
2. Informed consent to participate in the study (especially regarding the randomised allocation and data acquisition)
3. Possibility to come to the therapy locations and time capacities to participate in the interventions.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age <18 years
2. Presence of current serious mental illnesses that make participation in group therapy difficult (such as psychosis, mania, current self-injury, acute substance dependence, current suicidal tendencies, etc.)
3. Physical contraindications (physical ailments or, pregnancy, BMI <17.5 or >40 kg/m²)
4. Current treatment that confounds with study outcomes (participation in psycho-therapeutic group therapy; initiation of psychiatric medication in the 8 weeks prior to the start of the intervention)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified