(Cost)effectiveness of a cognitive group prevention module for recurrent depressio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Recurrent depressive disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN68246470
• Lead Sponsor: Academic Medical Centre (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 187

Inclusion Criteria

1. Experienced at least two Major Depressive Episodes (MDEs) in the previous five years, as defined according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV: American Psychiatric Association, 1994) and assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID; First, Gibbon, Spitzer, & Williams, 1996) administered by trained interviewers
2. Were currently in remission according to DSM-IV criteria, for longer than ten weeks and no longer than two years (i.e. a high-risk group of relapse/recurrence)
3. Obtained a current score of <10 on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Hamilton, 1960)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Current mania or hypomania or a history of bipolar illness
2. Any psychotic disorder (current and previous)
3. Organic brain damage
4. Alcohol or drug misuse
5. Predominant anxiety disorder
6. Recent ECT
7. Recent cognitive treatment or receiving CT at the start of the study, or current psychotherapy with a frequency of more than two times a month

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified