Music therapy for depressio

Completed

• Conditions: Depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN84185937
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Jyvaskyla (Finland)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adults (18 - 50 years of age), either sex
2. Participants must have a depression as the primary diagnosis according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) chapters F32 (depressive episode) to F33 (recurrent depressive disorder). In this study, depression is the primary focus of interest but because of the frequent comorbidity of depression and anxiety, also the latter, if occurring with primary diagnosis of depression, is included. This will be assessed by Mini-SCID (a structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised [DSM-III-R]) administered by a clinical expert.
3. Musical skills or any given musical background are not required, although these do not prevent participating

Exclusion Criteria

1. Repeated suicidal behaviour
2. Psychosis
3. Acute and severe substance abuse
4. Severeness of depression: patients must be able to participate in measurements and verbal conversation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified