Expressive Writing for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol Misuse
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 89
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition
研究概览
简要总结
***Please note that this study does not offer comprehensive treatment program for alcohol abuse or depression. Please do not contact the study staff if you are seeking psychological treatment. Further, this study is only enrolling people who are clients at Career and Recovery Resources, Inc., in Houston.
The hypothesis is that writing about feelings and thoughts will help people who are in group treatment feel less depressed and abuse alcohol less.
详细描述
Expressive writing applied to a variety of populations (e.g., HIV, cancer, PTSD, depression) has been associated with health improvements, reductions in symptoms of emotional distress, and one preliminary study found reductions in alcohol misuse among college students. Data suggest that expressive writing is a technique to facilitate emotional processing that can influence a number of clinical outcomes by facilitating cognitive restructuring (Hunt, 1998; Pennebaker, 2004). In addition to examining cognitive content change following expressive writing, we believe the effects of emotional writing on mood and drinking may involve two additional processes that have been found significant for both depression and alcohol misuse, namely experiential avoidance and ruminative thinking. We hypothesize that expressive writing will lead to less drinking and enhanced mood by reducing: (1) negative thought content, (2) experiential avoidance of unpleasant private events (e.g., negative thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations), and (3) ruminative thinking.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Enrolled in group therapy program at Career and Recovery Resources, Inc.
- •Must be at least
- •Willing and able to participate in the study through the one month follow up.
- •Able to provide the contact information of at least two people who can generally locate their whereabouts.
- •Speak English fluently.
排除标准
- •Inability to read, write, speak English.
- •History of bipolar or psychotic disorders.
- •Severe medical, cognitive and /or psychiatric impairment that precludes cooperation with study protocol.
- •Substance withdrawal symptoms requiring medical attention.
- •Currently receiving other individual psychosocial therapy outside of C&R for substance abuse or other psychiatric conditions with the exception of AA, NA or CA.
- •Impending incarceration or other factor that would create inability or unwillingness to participate in the 6 week long study period (e.g., halfway house or other aftercare program restrictions).
结局指标
主要结局
Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition
时间窗: Baseline, Post-writing (2 weeks post-baseline), and One Month Follow-Up (Six weeks post-baseline)
次要结局
- Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed(30 days pre-baseline compared to 30 days post-intervention)
研究者
Carrie Dodrill
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine