F32.0 F32.1 F32.2 F33.0 F33.1 F33.2 F34.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Inpatients experiencing a depressive episode receive 6 sessions of a specific Approach-Avoidance-Task. Each training session lasts about 15 minutes. During the training, participants use a jo
Sponsors
Clinical PsychologyBehavioural Science InstituteRadboud University Nijmegen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Current diagnosis of a major depression according to the ICD-10, this will be the following diagnoses: F32.0 Mild depressive episode F32.1 Moderate depressive episode F32.2 Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms F33.0 Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode mild F33.1 Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode moderate F33.2 Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode severe without psychotic symptoms F34.1 Dysthymia (diagnosed by treating therapist or doctor); a score higher than 11 on Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II); sufficient German language skills.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Neurological disorder including epilepsy, diagnosed by a doctor; Acute suicidality (checked during admission); Diagnosis of a current substance dependency; Past or current psychotic episodes; Less than 8 years of school education.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQ-8), applied before the first training session and prior to the patients' discharge (i.e., after the entire training has been completed). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Manipulation check: Reaction times during the AAT, before the first and after the sixth training session. Generalisation: Number of key presses to change the duration of how long a picture is presented during the Motivated Viewing Task, before the first and after the sixth training session. Generalisation: Reaction times and number of key presses following trained and untrained positive pictures during the AAT and Motivated Viewing Task, before the first and after the sixth training session. Generalisation: Number of correctly unscrambeld negative sentences compared to the total number of correctly unscrambled sentences during the Scrambled Sentence Task (SST), before the first and after the sixth training session. Scores on the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS), before the first training session and prior to discharge. Scores on the Snaith–Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS), before the first training session and prior to discharge. 12-months- follow-up: Scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQ-8). 12-months-follow-up: Assessment of working ability. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJohannes Lindenmeyer
Salus Klinik Lindow
Outcome results
None listed