None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The proposed study aims to assess the efficacy of a single 90-minute session of a Brief Behavioural Activation for Depression (BATD) intervention in treating depressive symptoms in adults. BATD is a single-component intervention that increases access to environmental reward to improve mood. Treatment efficacy will be assessed by comparing outcome measures of a treatment group to a wait-list control group at pre-intervention and post-intervention. It is hypothesised that the treatment group will show significant reductions in self-reported depressive symptoms, as well as increases on measures of environmental reward and valued living, relative to the wait-list control group. It is hypothesised that these gains will be maintained at three-month follow-up.
Interventions
Participants will be randomly allocated to either the treatment or wait-list control condition after completing a diagnostic interview and relevant psychometric measures. The current intervention protocol will be based on Gawrysiak et al.’s (2009) modification of the revised Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD-R) protocol, in which they condensed central components of the 10-session intervention into one 90-minute treatment session that includes psychoeducation on depression, tr
Participants will be randomly allocated to either the treatment or wait-list control condition after completing a diagnostic interview and relevant psychometric measures. The current intervention protocol will be based on Gawrysiak et al.’s (2009) modification of the revised Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD-R) protocol, in which they condensed central components of the 10-session intervention into one 90-minute treatment session that includes psychoeducation on depression, treatment rationale, a life values assessment, setting weekly activity goals, and discussing ways the participant can monitor and modify weekly goals. The treatment interval is two weeks, during which time the participant will engage in scheduled activities and complete monitoring forms. Participants will complete the psychometric measures at the end of the two-week treatment interval and again at three-month follow-up.
Sponsors
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Meets diagnostic criteria for depression
Exclusion criteria
Current active suicidal intent;current psychosis; bipolar disorder diagnosis; currently undergoing psychological treatment for depression.
Outcome results
None listed