Patients with depressive symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Criteria for patients 1) Aged 18 years or older 2) Capable to provide informed consent 3) Patients who are attending or able to attend our outpatient clinic 4) A score >= 6 on the QIDS-SR Criteria for therapists 1) A certified clinical or public psychologist who conducts cognitive behavioral therapy at our outpatient clinic 2) Capable to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Criteria for patients 1) Patients with substance-related disorders within 6 months 2) Patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy or repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation 3) Patients with severe physical or neurological diseases 4) Patients for whom the study procedures hinder receiving cognitive behavioral therapy Criteria for therapists 1) Therapists for whom the study procedures hinder conducting cognitive behavioral therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in produced time interval of both patient and therapist before and after treatment sessions | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Both patient and therapist Changes in: subjective mood and sleepiness before and after treatment sessions; skin conductance response, body temperature, pulse rate, and physical activity during treatment sessions; and subjective evaluation of treatment after treatment sessions 2) Patients Changes in: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR), Clinical Global Impression (CGI), and Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Sleep-Wake Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health