Active clinical trials for "Depression"

This study investigates the effects of a single dose of oxytocin (OT) delivered via a nasal spray in women with and without traits of postnatal depression (PND).

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major Depressive Disorder is feasible and effective in involving patients in the decision-making process when initiating pharmacotherapy.

Purpose of the Study: This research will be conducted to determine the effects of gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes on psychological well-being and depression. Research Hypotheses H0: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in the nursing home do not affect the psychological well-being of the elderly. H1: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes increase the psychological well-being of the elderly. H0: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in the nursing home do not affect the depression level of the elderly. H1: Gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes reduce the depression level of the elderly.

Cosmetic therapy provides a psychological effect on the elderly, improving their self-confidence and social participation. This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of cosmetic therapy to enhance the self-esteem and reduce depression of elderly residents in long-term care institutions. We expect that a 6-week cosmetic therapy will improve the elderly's mental health, including depression and self-esteem.

BRITEPath (BP) aims to support co-located mental health clinicians in the development of a high quality, effective, and personalized safety plan for referred patients who screen positive for depression and/or suicidal ideation. BRITEPath utilizes BRITE, a safety planning and emotion regulation app that is loaded on the patient's smart phone and has previously been shown to be well accepted and to reduce suicide attempts compared to usual care in psychiatric inpatients (HR = 0.49). To support mental health clinicians in the development of effective safety plans, study investigators will develop Guide2Brite (G2B), which provides step-by-step instructions for the mental health clinician on how to populate BRITE onto the patient's smartphone and BRITEBoard, a clinician dashboard that tracks patient symptoms, app use, and rating on helpfulness of different interventions assessed through BRITE.

Text2Connect (T2C) proposes to test a text-based intervention designed to improve engagement with mental health treatment.

AIM: Establishing the effects of heat application on depression, anxiety, menstrual attitude and severity of dysmenorrhea. METHODS: This randomized controlled prospective experimental trial was conducted with 43 students who were suffering from dysmenorrhea under 2 groups, the heat treatment group (n=20) and the control group (n=23). To the heat treatment group, dry heat was applied for 20 minutes to the lower abdominal region of the subjects when their dysmenorrhea was most severe. The control group did not receive any treatments. The data were acquired by using a Personal Information Form. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for determining the severity of dysmenorrhea, the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire to establish the type of pain, the Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire to establish the attitude and the practices during dysmenorrhea and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale to determine the psychological impacts of dysmenorrhea were used. In the first menstrual cycle, both groups received the questionnaires, and no treatment was applied. At the second, third and fourth menstrual cycles, VAS and the McGill Pain Questionnaire were applied before the treatment (T1), right after the treatment (T2) and 2 hours after the treatment (T3). The Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale were applied right after the treatment.

During pandemics older adults with chronic physical conditions are a particularly vulnerable population for unmet mental health needs. This is a consequence of a number of factors which include decreased access to their doctors because of restrictions in visits in order to decrease risk of disease transmission and because doctors are seconded to provide medical services in areas of high priority. Since Public Health authorities worry that pandemics may be a reality of the future, this study is being operationalized during the present COVID-19 pandemic in order to see what can be learned about different ways to provide mental health care under such constraints. The study offers evidence-based approaches to managing feelings of anxiety or depression that may have existed prior to the onset of a pandemic, or that have arisen during a pandemic. It uses principles of cognitive behavioural therapy in which participants are offered self-care tools to help them develop strategies for dealing with their various symptoms. These tools have already been shown by the team to be effective in other contexts in studies DIRECT-sc (Effectiveness of a supported self-care intervention for depression compared to an unsupported intervention in older adults with chronic physical illnesses) and CanDIRECT (Effectiveness of a telephone-supported depression self-care intervention for cancer survivors). The present study, PanDIRECT (Assisting Family Physicians with Gaps in Mental Health Care Generated by the COVID-19 Pandemic), aims to answer the following questions: Can these tools be used in the community care of mental health problems during pandemics? Are they acceptable to patients? Using a randomized control trial, does lay-coaching of use of these tools improve their use and patient outcomes? Do family practitioners value patient information sent to them at the end of the trial

The goal of this study is to investigate whether a virtual peer support group improves ART knowledge, adherence, and mental health in youth living with HIV in Kenya.

This randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effect of education on disease management on the quality of life, and anxiety and depression levels of women with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The hypotheses of the current study are as below: H0: Education on disease management in women with Rheumatoid Arthritis does not affect the quality of life and anxiety and depression levels. H1: Education on disease management in women with Rheumatoid Arthritis affects the quality of life and anxiety and depression levels. Patients and Methods: The study was conducted with 66 women with Rheumatoid Arthritis (32 intervention, 34 control groups) at the rheumatology clinic and polyclinic of a university hospital between February and October 2019, in the city of Edirne, Turkey. Data were collected with "Patient Information Form", "Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life Scale", "Health Assessment Questionnaire" and "Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale".