NCT01941706

Preventing Depression in People With Epilepsy: an Extension of Project UPLIFT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 130 (actual)
• Sponsor: Emory University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Project UPLIFT, a home-based treatment for depression in people with epilepsy, was designed to be delivered to groups by telephone or Web. The Project UPLIFT intervention materials were demonstrated to be effective in treating depression among people with epilepsy in Georgia. This project will assess whether the materials are also effective for preventing depression among people with epilepsy, and will extend the project beyond Georgia to Michigan, Texas, and Washington.

Detailed description

The study is a pilot test of Project UPLIFT for depression prevention during which the acceptability and estimates of effectiveness of the intervention, presented in the Web and telephone modes, are assessed.

Conditions

• Epilepsy
• Depressive Symptoms
• Depression
• Seizure Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Project UPLIFT	Developed for home-based treatment of depression in people with epilepsy, Project UPLIFT is based upon Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for depression. It includes 8 modules, group-delivered by either telephone or Web. Trainees and people with epilepsy co-facilitate the groups, supervised by a licensed mental health professional.The co-facilitators are trained and supervised by the Principal Investigator, a Georgia-licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and of Epidemiology in public health. Activities are designed to increase knowledge about depression; monitoring, challenging, and changing thoughts; coping and relaxing; attention and mindfulness; focusing on pleasure; the importance of reinforcement, and preventing relapse.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2013-09-13
• Last updated: 2014-02-12

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States