Ego State based music therapy for Depression

Ego State based music therapy for Depression - ESMT

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033657

Enrollment

Registered

2024-02-23

Start date

2024-04-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

F32.2

Interventions

Group 1: Patients in inpatient psychiatric treatment, 10 units of individual music therapy in 6-8 weeks of treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: depressive illnesses as the main diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: previously diagnosed trauma-related disorders, borderline personality disorder, psychoses, crisis interventions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility in the clinical setting, quantitatively through the evaluation of therapy protocols and courses, qualitatively through patient interviews post and follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement in depression, recorded via BDI-II, pre, post, follow-up as well as recording stress and impulse before and after each therapy session with a visual analogue scale	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTobias Kranz

LVR-Universitätsklinikum Essen

tobias.kranz@musiktherapie.de+492018707199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026