Computerized Information-Processing Bias Retraining in Depressed Adolescents

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Major Depression

In brief

This study will examine how well a novel four-session computerized program, designed to help adolescents learn to interpret ambiguous situations less negatively, reduces symptoms of depression and decreases negative information-processing biases.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01147913

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

48

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-03

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be between 14-21 years old
• A score of 14 or higher on the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Edition (BDI-II)
• Working command of the English language

You may not qualify if…

• Psychosis, current mania, or acute suicidality
• Previous diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder, mental retardation, or severe dyslexia
• Changes in psychiatric medication or psychotherapy within two weeks of entering the study

Where it is running

• Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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