Telephone Administered Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Depression for Veterans in Rural Areas

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Beta-blocker Treatment

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy (T-CBT) in treating major depression among veterans served by community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) in the Veteran�s Integrated Service Network (VISN) 21, which serves rural areas in Northern California

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012974

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

60

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must have chronic heart failure, systolic left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction less than or equal to 45%), not be receiving beta-blockers, and not have contraindications to beta-blockers.

Where it is running

• VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA — Sacramento, California, United States
• San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA — San Francisco, California, United States

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