eural correlates of the effect of prayer therapy on depression and anxiety

Institute for Spirituality and Health (USA)0 个研究点目标入组 24 人开始时间: 2013年11月14日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

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•1. The subjects will be adults (male and female) between the ages of 18 and 65 who are depressed but not on medication
•2. They will be willing to engage in Christian prayer and be without reservations or contraindications to fMRI scanning

•1. All children, pregnant women, mentally impaired and those with physically incapacitating problems will be excluded
•2. Individuals with other psychiatric disorders and those who have received professional psychotherapy or have been on antidepressants in the 3 months prior to study enrollment. Subjects with severe depression and/or suicidal ideation will be excluded and proper referral made.
•3. Those who are unable to respond to the questions or would have difficulty maintaining a focus while responding to the questions during the scanning would also be excluded. Subjects will be allowed to engage in their usual private prayers, devotions and church-related activities. They will not be allowed to participate in any form of psychotherapy during the time period they are in prayer session or are wait-listed. This restraint is lifted for the time period between the completion of their prayers and the one-year follow-up.
•4. Additionally, subjects who are unable to understand and follow the directions involved in the testing will be excluded
•For the fMRI portion of this protocol, other exclusion criteria are:
•1. Claustrophobia (this would make lying in the scanner very uncomfortable)
•2. Pregnant
•3. Contraindications to MRI: pacemaker, aneurysm clips, neurostimulators, cochlear implants, metal in eyes, steel worker, or other piercings and implants

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Institute for Spirituality and Health (USA)