Brief Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (GCBT-D): Mixed Methods Evaluatio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: F32
Depressive episode

Registration Number: DRKS00011732

Lead Sponsor: Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

The following inclusion criteria will be used in this study:

1. Age between 18 and 60 years old.
2. Having a principal diagnosis of depression according to the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Version 6.0.0 (MINI) (Sheehan et al., 1998).
3. BDI-II scores of 14 or above.
4. Sufficient Chinese language proficiency to fill out questionnaires and comprehend therapy materials.
5. Not currently receiving other forms of psychotherapy.
6. Not currently receiving psychiatric medication treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

The presence of the following condition(s):

1. Current psychotic symptoms or bipolar affective disorder (BAD).
2. Past psychotic disorder or BAD.
3. Active risk of self-harm.
4. Current drug and alcohol dependence.
5. Personality disorders.
6. Current legal-medical issues.
7. Chronic medical and neurological problems that will interfere with participation in therapy.
8. Severe marital or relationship issues that are better treated with couple or marital therapy.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Beck Depression Inventory – Second Edition (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996). <br>Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WASA; Mundt, Marks, Shear, & Greist, 2002). <br><br>Participants complete BDI-II at pre-treatment, in every treatment session, post-treatment, 2 and 6 months after treatment. <br>Participants complete WSAS at pre-treatment, post-treatment, 2 and 6 months after treatment. <br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ, Hollon & Kendall, 1980). <br>Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; Beck & Steer, 1993). <br>Chinese Affect Scale (CAS; Hamid & Cheng, 1996).<br>Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC).<br>Service Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ). <br>Therapeutic Factors Inventory – 8 (TFI-8, Tasca et al., 2014).<br><br>Participants complete ATQ and CAS, at pre-treatment, post-treatment, 2 and 6 months after treatment.<br>Participants complete BAI at pre-treatment, in every treatment session, post-treatment, 2 and 6 months after treatment. <br>Participants complete PGIC at session 2, session 4, post-treatment, and 2 and 6 months after treatment. <br>Participants complete SSQ at post-treatment.<br>Participants complete TFI-8 at session 2, session 4, post-treatment, and 2 months after treatment. <br>