Note: This study is currently only recruiting patients in the hospital.

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McLean Adolescent Depression Treatment Study

Is your child feeling depressed, down, or experiencing a loss of pleasure in activities he/she once enjoyed? Your child may be eligible to receive therapy at no cost for 12 weeks and earn up $330.40.

McLean Hospital Depression Teen Mental Health Mental Health
3 sessions
Estimated Time Commitment
Male, Female, 13-18 years
May Be Eligible
Payment up to $330, Non-payment compensation
May Be Offered
Survey, Office visit, MRI scan
May Be Required
 
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This project is not recruiting.

Overview

What we are studying

Researchers at McLean Hospital are looking at factors that put children at risk for depression. You and your child can help them better understand, prevent, and treat teenage depression.


Why it is important

By 18 years of age, 15% of teens will have experienced at least one depressive episode. Much more information is needed to understand the risk factors for symptoms of depression in teenagers in order to better be able to understand, prevent, and treat this illness.


What we hope to accomplish

Principal Investigator

Christian Webb, PhD

McLean Hospital

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Who can participate

Adolescents aged 13-18 who are feeling depressed, down, or less interested in activities that they used to enjoy and are interested in receiving treatment.


 


Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are eligible for this study

Healthy volunteers complete the same components of the study besides the twelve weeks of therapy.

Who cannot participate

Participants cannot currently have braces.

What you may be asked to do

In the first session, you and your child will complete surveys, information forms, and a clinical interview. During the second session, your child will play a few different computer games and then have an MRI scan. For the next 12 weeks, your child will attend weekly sessions of Behavioral Activation Therapy with the study doctor. After these 12 weeks they will have another follow-up MRI scan. During this time, they will also complete short surveys sent to their smartphone.


Project activities may include:

  • Survey
  • Office visit
  • MRI scan

Estimated Time Commitment

3 sessions

What You May Get

Participants will receive 12 sessions of psychotherapy at no cost and up to $330 in compensation.

Location

McLean Hospital
115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478

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Travel

  • Accessible by public transportation
  • Parking available

Travel and Parking Details

Additional Information

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier

NCT02498925


Participating Institutions


Funding Source

  • NIH or Other Federal
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