Neuroscience of Psychotherapy for Depression

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Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

The goal of this study is to learn the extent to which client-therapist brain activity may synchronize during a psychosocial intervention for depression symptoms. The study will compare behavioral activation, a client-centered type of cognitive-behavioral therapy, to psychoeducation which delivers information on strategies to recover from depression symptoms. Participants will answer questions about their mental and physical health, attend one psychosocial intervention session receiving either Behavioral Activation or Psychoeducation with simultaneous brain activity measurement and complete follow up surveys two weeks and one month following the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT06696001
Run by
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
People needed
45
Starts
2025-04-11
Expected to finish
2026-06-30
Last updated by the study team
2025-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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