Evaluating an e-mental health program ('deprexis') as adjunctive treatment tool in psychotherapy for depressio
- Conditions
- Major depressive disordersMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN20165665
- Lead Sponsor
- Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 800
We include adults
1. Aged 18 or over
2. Suffer from a MDD according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10; i.e., F32.-depressive episode, F33.- Recurrent Depressive Disorder, F34.- Persistent Affective Disorder, F38.- Other Affective Disorder, F39 Unspecified Affective Disorder)
3. Who have a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) sum score over 13
4. Who have sufficient knowledge of the German language
5. Who have Internet access and sufficient knowledge to use it (based on self-report)
6. Who are willing to give informed consent
We will exclude subjects who:
1. Have a known psychotic or bipolar disorder
2. Suffer from a chronic depression with onset in childhood (based on clinical judgment)
3. Show a notable suicidal risk (based on clinical judgment of the therapists)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depressive symptomatology as measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). Timepoints of assessment: pretreatment, posttreatment (12 weeks), follow-up (6 months)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method