NCT01324050

Internet-delivered Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression

Internet-delivered Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Linkoeping University · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overall aim of this study is to develop and test a psychodynamic Internet-delivered psychological treatment for patients with mild to moderate major depression and compare its efficacy to an active control group.

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy for depression	This intervention contains 9 text-based self-help modules. These modules contain material inspired by psychoanalytic theory about identifying reoccurring patterns in life among other things. In addition to the self-help modules, 10-15 minutes of therapist contact is given every week. In total, the intervention will last for 10 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-delivered therapist support	This intervention contains 1 text-based self-help module, which is mainly based on information on depression. In addition to this text, the participants in this group gets 10-15 minutes of therapist contact every week. In the conversation with the therapist, the participant informs the therapist about the activities during the week. This intervention is considered to be a form of support. In total, the intervention will last for 10 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2011-03-28
• Last updated: 2011-08-02

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Sweden