Mood disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders Unspecified mood [affective] disorder
Conditions
Interventions
We have developed a new paradigm which targets the recognition of facial expression of emotions by initially assessing the threshold for detecting one emotion over another in an ambiguous expression (
the two images nearest the balance point that the participant would have previously classified as 'angry' at baseline were considered 'happy' in terms of providing feedback.
Feedback
Sponsors
University of Bristol (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 and 40 years 2. Participants who score 14 or higher on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II 3. English as first language or equivalent level of fluency 4. Able to give informed consent as judged by lead researcher
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Primary anxiety disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder or substance dependence [other than nicotine and caffeine] as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) 2. Current use of illicit drug (except cannabis) 3. Being at clinically significant risk for suicidal behaviour 4. Use of psychotropic medication in last 5 weeks prior to study 5. Major somatic or neurological disorders and concurrent medication which could alter emotional processing (including active treatment with counselling, psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy). We will allow intermittent use of medication, judged by the principal investigator. 6. Participants who in opinion of the lead researcher are not appropriate to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current primary outcome measures as of 17/05/2013: Depressive symptoms: Beck Depression Inventory-ii; BDI-ii (rated over the past two weeks) Previous primary outcome measures until 17/05/2013: Depressive symptoms: BDI-II (Mood rated over the past week) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 17/05/2013: 1. Depressive symptoms: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; HAM-D 2. Anxiety symptoms: Beck Anxiety Inventory; BAI (rated over the past month) 3. Positive affect: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; PANAS (rated as 'how you feel right now') 4. Negative affect: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; PANAS (rated as 'how you feel right now') 5. Emotion sensitivity: Emotion Recognition Task (test phase); ERT 6. Approach motivation and persistence: The Fishing Game 7. Depressive interpretation bias: The Scrambled Sentences Test; SST Previous secondary outcome measures until 17/05/2013: 1. Depressive symptoms: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) 2. Anxiety symptoms: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (mood rated over the past week) 3. Positive affect: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (mood rated over the past day) 4. Negative affect: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (mood rated over the past day) 5. Emotion sensitivity: Emotion Recognition Task (ERT) (test phase) 6. Approach motivation and persistence: The Fishing Game 7. Depressive interpretation bias: The Scrambled Sentences Test (SST) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed