Acceptance and Commitment Therapy vs. Cognitive Therapy for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
- Conditions
- Major depressive disorderdepression10027946
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34875
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit van Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 98
Inclusion Criteria
1) Meeting DSM-IV criteria for MDD
2) between the ages of 18 and 65-years-old
3) having sufficient fluency in Dutch to complete treatment and research protocol
4) Participants using prescribed anti-depressant medication are required to be on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks before the beginning of treatment and remain on this dose throughout the treatment.
Exclusion Criteria
1) DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder (past and/or present)
2) psychotic disorders
3) substance dependence disorders (current or within the past 6 months), or
4) organic brain syndrome.
5) borderline or antisocial personality disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main dependent variables are<br /><br>1) Self-reported distress on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck et al.,<br /><br>1961), and<br /><br>2) Clinicial rated distress on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD;<br /><br>Hamilton, 1960). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method