Treatment, Emotion, and Neuromodulation of Depression (TREND) Study
DepressionThe investigators will administer theta burst stimulation (TBS) in efforts to observe a decrease in severity of reported depression symptoms. A subset of participants will receive positive affect training during this intervention.
App Delivered Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Surgical Patients
PainAnxiety State1 moreThis will be a single-site, five-arm, parallel group randomized control trial involving patients undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery. The investigators will compare five different styles of 5-minute, audio-recoded mindfulness practices delivered via app 7 days before to surgery, 2 days before to surgery, 2 days after surgery, and 6 days after surgery.
An Intervention Study of Anhedonia and Pain Empathy in Depression
Treatment Resistant DepressionProblem Management Plus1 moreBrain Network Mechanism of Pain Empathy and Anhedonia in Patients With Depression by Group Problem Management Plus Intervention.
In-patient SCC TMS
Major Depressive DisorderThe investigators are studying the feasibility, safety, and tolerability of administering accelerated repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation(a-rTMS) at frequencies other than standard 10 Hz for in-patient Subjects diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Participants will be recruited from the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. This study will enroll 30 participants who will undergo up to three brain activity recordings, one MRI scan, one TMS procedure to determine the appropriate frequency and intensity for treatment, daily symptom assessments, and 25 TMS treatments. Participants will be asked to participate for up to 2 weeks.
Perinatal Research on Improving Sleep and Mental Health
InsomniaDepressionThe goal of this clinical trial is to compare two sleep programs in pregnant people with insomnia. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) versus digital sleep hygiene education (SHE) for preventing perinatal depression? Is the effect of digital CBT-I on perinatal depression mediated through prenatal insomnia symptom improvement? Is the effect of digital CBT-I on perinatal depression moderated by baseline depressive symptom severity? Participants will receive one of two sleep programs - SHE or CBT-I. Both involve six weekly online sessions. Participants will complete surveys and interviews until 1 year postpartum.
Modified Interactive Screening Program Plus MINDBODYSTRONG: A Mental Health Resiliency Intervention...
Suicide ThreatBurnout2 moreThe overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention designed to prevent nurse suicide. This randomized controlled trial will test the Healer Education Assessment and Referral (HEAR) program alone and the HEAR program combined with a program called MINDBODYSTRONG. The HEAR program is a method of screening to detect clinicians at moderate to high risk for suicide and referring them for treatment through an encrypted anonymous on-line platform. MINDBODYSTRONG© is an adaptation of a well-tested cognitive-behavioral skills building intervention (also known as COPE in the literature) that provides a cognitive-behavior theory-based approach to decrease depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation and improve healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors in at-risk populations. MINDBODYSTRONG© will involve eight self-paced computerized sessions designed specifically for nurses and clinicians. Nurses will be recruited nationally through the American Nurses Association.
PLANTS Pilot Trial
Alcohol DrinkingSocial Acceptance2 moreThis pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial will evaluate the PLANTS (Providing LGBTQ+ Adolescents with Nurturance, Trustworthiness, and Safety) course among high school staff. The primary hypotheses are that the PLANTS course will have high acceptability, usability, appropriateness, and feasibility as reported by high school staff.
In-person vs. Virtual Delivery of a Group-based Prevention of Postpartum Depression
Postpartum DepressionThe goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an established preventive intervention (group interpersonal therapy) delivered virtually shows the same benefits for preventing postpartum depression as it does when delivered in person.
Impact of Exercise Groups on Patient Mental Health and Wellbeing in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient...
Psychiatric HospitalizationPhysical Inactivity3 moreMore research is needed to elucidate the impacts of physical activity interventions on short- and long-term activity and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in psychiatric inpatients and to support its advantageousness when compared to current standards of care. To investigate the impact of regular exercise on activity level, NPS, and sleep in an inpatient psychiatry unit, the investigators propose a placebo-controlled study with measures of activity, mood, anxiety, energy, and sleep as primary outcomes in 50 psychiatric inpatients at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Given the challenges of maintaining blinded assignment to treatment arm, the investigators will compare patients during two time periods (3 months each): the first is treatment as usual (TAU), the second adds exercise intervention (EXI).
Depression & Insulin Sensitivity in Adolescents
Type2 DiabetesType 2 Diabetes Mellitus4 moreThere has been a rise in type 2 diabetes (T2D) rates in adolescents, disproportionately in girls from disadvantaged racial/ethnic groups. This group of girls also is at heightened risk for depression, and depression and T2D are linked. Depressive symptoms are a risk factor for worsening of insulin sensitivity, one if the major precursors to T2D. In preliminary studies, the investigators found that a brief cognitive-behavioral therapy group decreased depressive symptoms and prevented worsening of insulin sensitivity in adolescent girls at-risk for T2D with moderate depressive symptoms. The aims of this study are: 1) to assess the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral therapy depression group vs. a health education control group for improving insulin sensitivity and preserving insulin secretion in racially/ethnically diverse adolescent girls at-risk for T2D with moderate depressive symptoms over a 1-year follow-up; 2) to evaluate changes in eating, physical activity, and sleep as explanatory and 3) to test changes in cortisol factors as explanatory.