Effectiveness of Telepsychiatry-based Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment of Depressed Chinese Americans

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Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

Hypothesis 1. Telepsychiatry consultations will be acceptable and well-received by depressed Chinese Americans and by their primary care clinicians. Hypothesis 2. Depressed Chinese Americans in remote primary care clinics receiving T-CSCT will have improved outcomes compared to patients who receive Usual Care by primary care physicians.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00854542

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

241

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Individuals with Chinese ethnicity, defined as people who self-identify as being Chinese based upon having either one or both parents being ethnic Chinese.
• Monolingual Chinese American immigrants, defined as people who require or prefer to be interviewed in Chinese (including Cantonese, Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Toisanese dialects).
• Men or women age 18 or older, who live in the greater Boston area.
• Individuals who are competent to consent and have completed a written consent form.
• Individuals who have a PCP.
• Patients who screen positive for MDD, current according to the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as diagnosed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al, 1998)
• Individuals who are willing to receive phone interviews for monitoring of symptoms and for additional support (care management) if available.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with serious suicidal risk.
• Patients with unstable medical illnesses requiring imminent hospitalization or rendering patients unsuitable for clinical interview.
• d. Patients with comorbid severe mental disorders including:
• Organic mental disorders.
• Alcohol or substance abuse disorders active within the last year.
• Schizophrenia.
• Delusional disorder.
• Psychotic disorders not elsewhere classified.
• Bipolar disorder. e. Patients with history of treatment by a psychiatrist in the past 4 months.

Where it is running

• South Cove Community Health Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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