Depressive disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group (CMT + TAU):4-week compassionate mind training group
Sponsors
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: 1) aged 18 or above, 2) patients from psychiatric and/or clinical psychology outpatient clinics who are experiencing depressive disorders, particularly major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and other specified depressive disorder (operationalized as fulfilling the criteria in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth edition, text revision (DSM-V-TR)). Clinical psychologists would further verify the diagnosis with reference to the DSM-V-TR criteria. 3) Meanwhile, recruited participants’ concurrent psychotrophic medications were said to be stable during the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with neurodevelopmental disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, comorbid substance use disorder, personality disorders, potential risks to self and/or others, neurocognitive disorders, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, severe medical illnesses (such as newly diagnosis at acute phase, potential to undergo intensive treatment), who could not read Chinese and speak in Cantonese, who did not read and write, as well as those who had previously received compassion-based or mindfulness-based interventions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Chinese Version of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (C-PHQ-9);The Chinese Version of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (C-GAD-7); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Chinese Version of Self-Compassion Scale (C-SCS);The Chinese Version of Fears of Compassion Scale (C-FCS);Practice Record (Homework Compliance); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactSum To Dorothy SHU
Hospital Authority Hong Kong SAR
Outcome results
None listed