ISRCTN40586372
Completed
N/A
Randomised Controlled Trial comparing the effectiveness of usual GP care with once weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy in cases of refractory depression
The Tavistock Charitable Foundation (UK)0 sites129 target enrollmentJanuary 11, 2012
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Treatment-resistant depression
- Sponsor
- The Tavistock Charitable Foundation (UK)
- Enrollment
- 129
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. Male and female primary care patients between 18 to 65 years of age
- •2\. Major depressive disorder or dysthymia based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM\-IV) criteria and minimum symptom severity on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) of 21 or above and 14 or above on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD)
- •3\. Minimum of a two\-year history of depression
- •4\. Atleast two previous failed treatment attempts, one of which was with an anti\-depressant
- •5\. Able to speak conversational English and be seen at the Tavistock Clinic, London
- •6\. Willing to enter a randomised controlled trial
Exclusion Criteria
- •Primary care patients with:
- •1\. Recent (previous five years) history of psychosis
- •2\. Recent (previous five year) history of bi\-polar disorder
- •3\. Moderate or severe learning disabilities
- •4\. Recent history (previous two years) of psychiatric input for, or diagnosis of, substance dependency (alcohol abuse more than 21 units/week; drug abuse more than 4/week)
- •5\. Patients currently in psychological therapy
- •6\. Patients who have received psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the previous two years
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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