Brain Hippocampal Volume Relationship With Anxious Symptoms in Major Depressive Patients

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this transversal study is to determine if there is a difference in the volume of the hippocampus with the degree of anxiety.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
• Collaborator: Instituto de Información e Investigación en Salud Mental A. C.
• Treatments: Sertraline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• First-time patients, without prior antidepressant treatment that meet the diagnostic criteria of DSM 5 for major depressive disorder.

• Patients who meet the current major depressive disorder criteria in the MINI interview.

• Patients who signed the informed consent for the investigation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients presenting insufficient data in the MINI interview for current major depression.

• Patients diagnosed with intellectual development disorder, by clinic.

• Patients with diagnosis of the schizophrenic spectrum, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder by clinic and / or by the MINI interview.

• Patients with contraindications for MRI.

• Patients with serious or unstable medical problems.

• Patients undergoing some legal procedure.

• Patients with difficulties in understanding the interview or completing the assessment instruments.