NCT01783080

Behavioral Activation (BA) for Medication-responsive Chronically Depressed Patients With Impaired Social Functioning

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators aimed to assess the ability of a modified version of Behavioral Activation for occupational and social improvement to produce change in: 1. social adjustment, 2. work functioning, 3. avoidance behavior and 4. behavioral activation.

Detailed description

Psychosocial functioning was assessed before and after BA treatment in medication responsive depressed individuals who continued to have impaired social functioning. The primary goal was to demonstrate feasibility of recruitment and retention, and obtain an open pilot sense as to whether there are benefits from this brief psychotherapy approach in this population. The investigators also planned to refine measures and estimate the effect size of any treatment response to estimate power and sample size with the goal of completing a future controlled study.

Conditions

• Persistent Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Activation for return to work	See Arm Description

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2013-02-04
• Last updated: 2017-06-19
• Results posted: 2017-06-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States