Behavioral Medicine Intervention With Depressed Patients in a Community Health Center Setting
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Depression
In brief
The linkage between the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-Community Health Associates and the MGH-Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine began in order to address the concern of providing affordable, easily accessible, culturally appropriate behavioral medicine interventions for low income patients served by MGH Community Health Centers, as well as the desire to demonstrate the efficacy and economics of these interventions. Since depression was such a prevalent issue among health center patients, with a significant impact on health care service utilization, it was decided to focus on offering Mind/Body services to this population first.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01330420
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 28
- Starts
- 2007-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-11-21
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients 21 years of age or older
- Diagnosis of depression
- Currently being treated for depression with medications and/or psychological counseling through one of the MGH-HealthCare Centers.
- Planning to continue using the health center as their main source of general medical services for the coming year.
You may not qualify if…
- History of bipolar disorder
- Active substance abuse
- History of psychosis
- Severe cognitive dysfunction (MMSE ≤ 24)
- Inability to speak English
- We will not exclude patients on the basis of their religious preferences or practices.
Where it is running
- MGH Community Health Care Center — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
- MGH Community Health Care Centers — Revere, Massachusetts, United States
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