Imagery in depression: augmenting cognitive behavioral therapy with imagery reprocessing using EMDR: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Completed
- Conditions
- Depressionmajor depressive disorder10027946
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45560
- Lead Sponsor
- Parnassia (Den Haag)
- Brief Summary
Trial is onging in other countries
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 19
Inclusion Criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
* a primary diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MINI)
* presence of disturbing intrusive imagery associated with negative (traumatic) life event in the onset and/or course of the depressive disorder
* able to undergo psychotherapy
* willingness to receive EMDR on stressful memories
* the patient is currently not using antidepressants or the use of antidepressants has been unchanged for at least six weeks and no change in the use of antidepressants is planned
Exclusion Criteria
* a primary diagnosis other than major depressive disorder
* estimated IQ below 70
* substance dependence
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measure is depression severity measured with the Hamilton<br /><br>Depression Rating Scale (HDRS; Hamilton, 1960)<br /><br>The 17-item HDRS is a clinician rating that consists of depressive symptoms<br /><br>that are recorded using 5- or 3-point scales reflecting presence and severity<br /><br>over the past week.<br /><br>To enhance the interrater reliability the HDRS will be queried with the<br /><br>structured interview guide for the HDRS (SIGH-D; Williams, 1988). This<br /><br>structured interview has proven to produce uniformly higher item- and<br /><br>summary-scale reliabilities than the unstructured HDRS (Moberg et al., 2002;<br /><br>Allen et al., 2010). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method