The Effect of Emotional Working Memory Training on Reducing Depressive Symptoms
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms
- Registration Number
- NCT04346771
- Lead Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test whether emotional working memory training and attention bias modification training are an effective neurobehavioral therapy to improve depressive symptoms.That is whether emotional working memory training is superior to attention bias modification training or not in reducing depressive symptoms over 1 year after training.
- Detailed Description
Attentional bias has been theorized to play a critical role in the onset and maintenance of depression. Attentional bias modification training (ABMT), an experimental paradigm that uses training to induce adaptive attentional bias, was developed to test the causal model and this has therapeutic implications in depression.To test the effect of ABMT on treatment of depressive symptoms, a randomized, double-blind, placebo and blank controlled trial is conducted in college students who are experiencing mild-to-severe symptoms of depression.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 31
Meet the major and mild depression disorder's criteria
bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or organic mental disorder; any concurrent psychotherapy; any concurrent psychotropic medication.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Depression symptoms tested by clinicians using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of self-reported depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Self-reported depressive symptoms assessed by Beck depression scale-second version (BDI-II)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University
🇨🇳Changsha, Hunan, China
Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University🇨🇳Changsha, Hunan, China