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Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Depression

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Neil A Rector, PhD

Research Sponsored by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up at three time points (weeks 0,3, and 5) over 5 week intervention period.

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests a shorter, online mindfulness therapy for people with depression, anxiety, and stress who struggle to access traditional mental health care. The therapy helps by teaching stress management and positive engagement techniques.

Eligible Conditions

Depression
Anxiety

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ at three time points (weeks 0,3, and 5) over 5 week intervention period.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~at three time points (weeks 0,3, and 5) over 5 week intervention period.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and at three time points (weeks 0,3, and 5) over 5 week intervention period. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9)

Secondary study objectives

Mindfulness

Personality inventories

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

+2 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Mindfulness-based interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will take part in an adapted and abbreviated version of the traditional eight-week MBCT protocol, conducted virtually via Zoom. Participants will meet for five, weekly, two-hour sessions. The group size will be larger than traditional MBCT groups (i.e. 16-20 participants rather than 12 participants).

Group II: WaitlistActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will be placed in a group with no treatment interventions for the duration of five weeks. Once these five weeks are complete, these participants will be placed in the next mindfulness clinic session to receive treatment. This does not the typical wait-list time for clinical services, which currently exceeds eight weeks

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Mindfulness-Based Intervention

2020

N/A

~80

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