A clinical trial to study the effects of a structured psychological therapy for repetitive negative thinking in patients with depressive and anxiety disorders
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F320- Major depressive disorder, singleepisode, mildHealth Condition 2: F321- Major depressive disorder, singleepisode, moderateHealth Condition 3: F330- Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mildHealth Condition 4: F331- Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderateHealth Condition 5: F341- Dysthymic disorderHealth Condition 6: F401- Social phobiasHealth Condition 7: F411- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/08/020776
- Lead Sponsor
- Pratishtha Petwal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Individuals with primary diagnosis of major depressive disorder or dysthymia or generalized anxiety disorder or social anxiety disorder, Educated up to 10th standard, have working knowledge of English or Hindi, and Stabilized on medication for four weeks prior to the entry into the study
1. History suggestive of head injury, severe neurological/neurosurgical illnesses or general
medical illness that could interfere with therapy
2. A primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia or psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, current episode of severe depression with psychotic symptoms, current psychoactive substance dependence other than nicotine dependence or clinical evidence of mental retardation
3. Participants who had received structured psychological intervention of more than 8
sessions in the past one year for anxiety or depression
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression and anxiety symptoms as measured on the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS) (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1993)Timepoint: Baseline, post intervention, 1 month follow up and 3 month follow up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Repetitive negative thinking, as assessed using the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS; Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991) and Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer et al., 1990)Timepoint: Baseline, post intervention, 1 month follow up and 3 month follow up;Severity of clinical symptoms and improvement as measured on Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI; Guy, 1976)Timepoint: Baseline, post intervention, 1 month follow up and 3 month follow up;Work and social adjustment as measured on the Work and Social Adjustment Scale <br/ ><br>(WSAS; Mundt, Marks, Greist, & Shear, 2002)Timepoint: Baseline, post intervention, 1 month follow up and 3 month follow up