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Paralinguistic Speech Characteristics in Depression

Paralinguistic Speech Characteristics in Depression - ParaSpeChaD

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023670
Enrollment
135
Registered
2021-01-19
Start date
2020-09-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

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Conditions

F32

Interventions

Group 1: In a one hour training patients are trained to use self-referring reappraisal statements to uplift their negative mood. The training begins with a negative mood induction. After that patient

Sponsors

Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 69 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - sufficient German language skills - willingness to provide informed consent - Non-depressed: the absence of an MDD diagnosis and no significant subthreshold symptoms of depression; subthreshold: the absence of an MDD diagnosis but presence of significant subthreshold symptoms of depression; clinically depressed: the diagnosis of major depression

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - high risk of suicide - psychosis - bipolar disorder - substance use disorder within last 6 months - already in psychotherapeutic treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Differences in paralinguistic speech characteristics between depressed and non-depressed individuals

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Further study goals: - Improvement of the algorithm for detection and prediction of depression using paralinguistic speech characteristics (PSCs) - Differences in PSCs in neutral vs. depression-related speech probes - Effect of reappraisal-training with (experimental group) or without (control group) PSC feedback on depressed mood Measures: - SCID - HRSD - BDI-II - PHQ-9 - BSI Study design: -t0: Interviews, questionnaires, speech probes; -mobile assessment: 2 weeks of assessment of speech probes via EMA (ecological momentary assessment) -t1: questionnaires and reappraisal-training (2 weeks after t0) -t2: 1-month follow-up -t3: 3-month follow-up -t4: 6-month follow-up

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMatthias Berking

Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Universität Erlangen-Nuernberg

klips-stimme@fau.de+49/9131/8567575

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 2, 2026