Stress Reduction and Anxiety: Effects on the Function and Structure of the Brain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 29
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- brain activation and structure as assessed by MRI
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of the study is to test whether Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) patients that participate in a Stress Reduction Intervention show a brain activation pattern (assessed by MRI) indicative of improved emotion regulation compared to an active control intervention.
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
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •participation in the study 'Stress Reduction Techniques and Anxiety: Therapeutic and Neuroendocrine Effects" by Dr. Elizabeth Hoge
排除标准
- •metallic implants
- •left handed
- •epileptic seizures
- •head trauma
- •weight over 350 pounds
- •claustrophobia
研究组 & 干预措施
Stress Reduction Intervention
Stress Reduction Intervention
干预措施: Stress Reduction Intervention (Behavioral)
Active Control Condition
干预措施: Active Control intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
brain activation and structure as assessed by MRI
时间窗: Day 2 (within two weeks after the intervention)
BOLD functional MRI and structural MRI
brain activation and structure as assessed by MRI
时间窗: Day 1 (within two weeks before the intervention)
BOLD functional MRI and structural MRI
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Britta Holzel
Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
