Integrating Mindfulness Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Phase 3) (MINDFUL-PC-3)
Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Stress Related Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Depression
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Current CHA patient with an enrolled CHA primary care doctor.
- CHA patients 18 years of age and older.
- Able to tolerate and participate in interviews and engage in all procedures.
- Able to give written consent in English OR willing and able to provide consent and complete assessments through a professional language translator when necessary.
- Diagnosis eligible to be covered by insurance for group visits (e.g., anxiety disorder, depression, stress disorders including adjustment disorder related to chronic illness, pain, insomnia, etc.).
- Must have access to a smartphone that is compatible with the activity tracker application.
- Must be willing to use the smartphone application and/or wear a wristband device every day during the study collection periods
- Must be able to fill out the study questionnaires daily on a computer or compatible mobile device.
- Must be willing to attend the two computer task sessions.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent.
- Patients who, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, pose an imminent risk of suicide or danger to self or others.
- Likelihood of potential incarceration such as a conviction or pending charges that may potentially result in imprisonment.
- Previous enrollment or randomization of treatment in the present study within the 12 months.
- Behaviors that may cause disruption to a mindfulness group.
- Patients with symptoms of psychosis, thought disorder, and/or severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar disorder, or a current severe episode of major depressive disorder.
- Refusal of insurance to cover group psychotherapy treatment may lead to exclusion from participation in groups.
- Patients in their third trimester of pregnancy who foresee conflicts that preclude their commitment to completing all activities.
- Patients with highly unstable medical problems that put them at a high risk of hospitalization.
Sites / Locations
- Cambridge Health Alliance
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Other
Mindfulness Training for Primary Care
Low-Dose Comparator
Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (MTPC) is a primary care adaptation that includes core common Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) elements integrated with novel mindfulness-oriented behavior change elements into a format that is adaptable to delivery in primary care health centers.
Comparator arm: Participants receive a 60-minute introduction to mindfulness group plus referral to a list of community mindfulness resources such as private-pay community mindfulness classes, mobile mindfulness applications, books, and online recordings. These participants are added to a 6-month wait-list for a Cambridge Health Alliance mindfulness-based intervention group, but are allowed to receive behavioral, psychiatric, and medical treatments that are consistent with treatment as usual. All participants complete an action planning protocol during Week 7.