Study of Interpersonal Therapy and Complicated Grief Treatment in Adults 50 Years and Older

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Complicated Grief

In brief

A comparison study of 16 week treatment with either specialized psychotherapy for complicated grief (CGT) or with standard interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in older adults with complicated grief.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01244295

Run by

New York State Psychiatric Institute

People needed

151

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-01-16

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Complicated Grief is the most important problem
• Ability to give informed consent
• Fluent in English
• Willingness to have sessions audiotaped
• Willing to undergo random assignment

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of one or more of the following disorders: Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, current (past 6 months) substance abuse or positive urine toxicology exam, Bipolar Disorder, current manic episode, Dementia
• Acute, unstable or severe medical illness such as (but not limited to) stroke, epilepsy, or other neurodegenerative disorders, metastatic or active cancer, hepatic disease, or primary renal disease requiring dialysis
• Pending or active disability claim or lawsuit related to the death
• Concurrent psychosocial therapy
• Judged to be at serious risk to self or others
• For people currently taking antidepressant medications, to be included in the study they must be on the medication for at least 3 months and for at least 6 weeks on the same dose

Where it is running

• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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