Found 1,216 clinical trials
Mindful Moms Randomized Control Trial
The purpose of this study is to test whether a program called "Mindful Moms" can be helpful for specific measures of mood and health in pregnant women with depressive symptoms, compared to group-based education workshops.
Effect of Psychedelic VR-augmented Therapy on Patients With Clinical Depression
Research has demonstrated that psychedelic compounds possess significant therapeutic potential for a variety of disorders, including depression. Despite these findings, the underlying mechanisms driving the therapeutic efficacy of psychedelics remain elusive. Furthermore, there exists a debate over the contribution of the subjective psychedelic experience to their therapeutic benefits. In this …
FaReWell Depression - Facial Exercise Program to Treat Depression
This study investigates if a physiotherapeutic exercise program designed to relax facial muscles associated with the expression of negative emotions and to activate and strengthen facial muscles associated with the expression of positive emotions can reduce the symptoms of depression and improve wellbeing and quality of life in the affected …
Comparison of Esketamine/Propofol and Methohexital Anesthesia for ECT
The current anesthetic drug used as standard for ECT procedure at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, is the barbiturate methohexital (Brevital®). As far as we know, methohexital is the most common anesthetic in the procedure of ECT. Only few heterogeneous randomized controlled trials to directly …
Treatment Interrupts Depression Early
The TIDE project aims to establish personal indicators for initial treatment choice for youth with first episode depression. Specifically, 100 adolescents and young adults (age 12 to 25) with untreated major depressive disorder of recent onset will be randomly allocated in 1:1 ratio to one of two evidence-based regimens for …
Causal Role of Delta-beta Coupling for Goal-directed Behavior in Anhedonic Depression
Anhedonia, the inability to seek-out and experience pleasure, is a common symptom in depression that predicts treatment-resistance and is sometimes exacerbated by first-line antidepressants. In our previous research, we found that anhedonia decreases goal-directed behavior and its related neural activity. In this study, we will investigate target engagement from five-consecutive …
[18F]PF-06445974 to Image PDE4B in Major Depressive Disorder Using PET
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric condition. People with MDD have occasional bouts of depressive symptoms; these bouts are called major depressive episodes (MDEs). Researchers want to know if people having MDEs have lower levels of an enzyme called PDE4B in their brains. Primary Objective: To determine whether …
Early Life Stress and Depression: Molecular and Functional Imaging
Severe childhood adversity accounts for a large portion of psychiatric illness, and an increased risk for major depressive disorder (MDD). For some individuals, childhood adversity has negative psychological and medical consequences; others preserve mental and physical health despite such experiences (they are resilient). In spite of this, little is known …
Changing Tactics? Optimizing ECT in Difficult-to-treat Depression
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to address which treatment strategy (continue right unilateral (RUL) ECT or switch to bitemporal (BT) ECT speeds up recovery and has the least impact on memory function, in case of early non-response during an acute course of ECT for difficult-to-treat depression. The …
Comparing the Efficacy of Heated Yoga and Sauna as a Treatment for Depression
This project explores whether heated yoga, sauna, and a mindfulness app reduce depressive symptoms
