F32.1 F32.2 F33.1 F33.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: In the intervention group, patients with a diagnosis of unipolar depression are treated on an outpatient basis using video therapy. The intervention to be investigated is that communication d
Sponsors
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Psychatrie und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with a diagnosis of unipolar depression (ICD F32.1, F32.2, F33.1, F33.2) who can be treated with video therapy in an outpatient setting based on the assessment of the clinical pre-diagnosis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of chronic depression, i.e. the existence of depressive symptoms for more than two years continuously. Exclusion criteria are also the presence of a current diagnosis from the area of addiction disorders (ICD10 F1x), a mental illness due to an experienced brain injury or neurodegenerative disease (F0x) and the presence of a schizophrenic disorder (F2x).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in depressive symptom burden measured with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS 17) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Development of the therapeutic alliance in a pre-post comparison over the course of the video-based, psychotherapeutic treatment measured with the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactKnut Schnell
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Psychatrie und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed