Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Seasonal Affective Disorder: a pilot study on efficacy

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Seasonal Affective Disorder: a pilot study on efficacy - MBCT for Seasonal Affective Disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON36599

Enrollment

Registered

2011-03-28

Start date

2011-04-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

seasonal affective disorder winter depression

Interventions

Patients who want to participate in the MBCT training are randomly assigned to either the treatment (i.e., 8 weekly sessions of MBCT +/- light treatment) or care as usual (i.e., light treatment) con

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Age -> 18 - Written informed consent - Diagnosis seasonal affective disorder in remission

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Not being able to read and write Dutch - Severe of nonseasonal depression - Severe psychiatric comorbidity - Receiving psychotherapy - Not having a CD player

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary endpoints of the study are (1) the moment of relapse and (2) severity of relapse, as assessed with a depression questionnaire (i.e., the IDS-SR).	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)