Enhancing Outcomes, Reducing Costs: Evaluating Peer Support for Mood Disorders
Completed
Conditions studied: Depression, Bipolar Disorders, Mood Disorders
In brief
The purpose of this study to evaluate peer-led mutual help organizations (MHOs) that target individuals with psychiatric diagnoses such as mood disorders, and provide evidence either supporting the expansion of such groups and the development and testing of clinical procedures, or point toward reevaluation and development of alternative low-cost, community based approaches to promoting recovery among individuals suffering from these disorders.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02242669
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 371
- Starts
- 2014-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-08-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Aim 1:
- 18 years of age or older
- Self-report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Attend DBSA meetings
- Aim 2:
- 18 years of age or older
- Self-report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Have attended their first meeting in the past month
- Aim 3:
- 18 years of age or older
- Self-report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Have never attended a DBSA meeting
You may not qualify if…
- Aim 1:
- Do not report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Have not attended a DBSA meeting
- Aim 2:
- Do not report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Have not attended a DBSA meeting
- Have attended their first meeting prior to a month before their assessment
- Aim 3:
- Do not report a diagnosis of any type of mood disorder
- Have attended a DBSA meeting
Where it is running
- McLean Hospital — Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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