NCT06695767

Neurobehavioral Therapy For Epilepsy And Major Depressive Disorder

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an online group Neuro-behavioral Therapy (NBT) with text messaging intervention for Veterans with epilepsy and major depressive disorder (MDD).

Conditions

• Major Depressive Disorder
• Epilepsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Neurobehavioral therapy	Participants will receive an introduction session and 12 1-hour long online sessions once per week for a total of 12 weeks that are guided by the investigator who is trained in NBT.Participants will engage in tools to aid in assuming control over their seizures; contextualize their environment; identify moods, situations, and thoughts; train healthy communication and support seeking; understand central nervous system medications and seizures; conduct a functional behavioral analysis; learn relaxation techniques; examine external stressors and internal triggers; and prepare for life after the intervention. Participants will be asked to complete weekly homework, thought records, seizure logs that are found in their workbooks and to engage in journal entries.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-19
• Primary completion: 2025-02-06
• Completion: 2025-04-01
• First posted: 2024-11-19
• Last updated: 2025-01-09

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States