Efficacy of Trial-Based Cognitive Therapy and Behavioral Activation in Treatment of Depression

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder, highly prevalent in Brazil and in world. The treatments of choice are the psychotropic drugs of the class of antidepressants and Behavioral or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of Trial Based Cognitive Therapy with the Behavioral Activation and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of MDD in a randomized clinical trial witch 96 patients with MDD,

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hemanny, Curt, M.D.
• Collaborator: Federal University of Bahia
• Treatments: Antidepressive Agents

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Major Depressive Disorder

• Both Genres

• Minimum of 20 in BDI Score

• Refractory depressive disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bipolar disorder

• High risk of suicide

• Borderline personality