Stress Reduction and Anxiety: Effects on the Function and Structure of the Brain

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Conditions studied: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

In brief

The aim of the study is to test whether Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) patients that participate in a Stress Reduction Intervention show a brain activation pattern (assessed by MRI) indicative of improved emotion regulation compared to an active control intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01128309

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

29

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• participation in the study 'Stress Reduction Techniques and Anxiety: Therapeutic and Neuroendocrine Effects" by Dr. Elizabeth Hoge

You may not qualify if…

• metallic implants
• left handed
• epileptic seizures
• head trauma
• weight over 350 pounds
• claustrophobia

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

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