My Depression Wellness Toolkit Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

166 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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Major depressive disorder (MDD) continues to have a profound impact on individuals, families, and the health care system. Despite marked success in treating active individual episodes of unipolar depression, our understanding of the neural and cognitive mechanisms involved in the return of symptoms remains extremely limited, and few interventions exist that specifically target factors involved in prophylaxis. The research being proposed is among the first that is designed to examine neurocognitive markers for depressive relapse vulnerability and link them directly to clinical prognosis.

Hypothesis 1: Cortical midline structures (CMS) network recruitment will be associated with behavioural and neural indices of a reflexive attentional bias towards dysphoric stimuli in a divided attention task.

Hypothesis 2: Behavioural and neural indices of dysphoric attentional bias following mood challenge will predict depression relapse in prospective 18-month follow up.

Hypothesis 3: Relative to CBT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) will normalize CMS and right insular/fronto-opercular cortices (INS-FO) network imbalance.

Hypothesis 4: Relative to CBT, MBCT will normalize to healthy control levels, behavioural and neural indices of dysphoric attentional bias, which will be predictive of reduced relapse risk across a 24 month follow up.

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Detailed Description

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Relapse and recurrence following recovery from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are common and debilitating outcomes that carry enormous social costs \[1-3\]. Our CIHR funded program of research has studied the nature of psychological vulnerability in affective disorder. We have recently identified the activation of a depressive cognitive mode triggered by temporary dysphoric states as a reliable risk marker for depressive relapse \[4, see attached\]. In parallel, functional imaging studies have increased our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying normative affective responses \[5\] and have begun to examine their dysregulation in affective disorder \[6-8\]. Our research has identified potential brain biomarkers that predict episode relapse in unipolar depression. However, it remains unknown how these potential biomarkers are related to dysphoria-triggered information processing modes that also predict relapse, and whether these neurocognitive vulnerabilities are amenable to intervention, resulting in more lasting prophylaxis. The present proposal employs a cognitive neuroscience approach to examine whether our previously identified neural markers of depression relapse and prophylaxis are associated with a dysphoric information processing mode. In particular, we will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioural probes to undertake a finely tuned examination of mood linked biases in attention toward dysphoric stimulus events (i.e., sad faces) to link our previously identified neural markers with a specific information processing mode. Further, our preliminary data presented here demonstrate a correlation between these mood linked neural markers and relapse, but we cannot demonstrate that these markers are causally related to relapse or prophylaxis. To address this, we will examine whether these markers and associated dysphoric attentional biases are 1) modifiable via attentional training designed to overcome reflexive modes of thought and perception and 2) are predictive of relapse status across an 24-month prospective follow up of treated patients. This research will elucidate the neural and information processing correlates that may signal relapse risk in recovered depressed patients. This knowledge will increase our limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying enduring depressive relapse vulnerability as well as assess potentially efficient strategies for relapse prophylaxis.

Conditions

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Major Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is a manualized, group skills training program (Segal et al., 2013) that is based on an integration of aspects of cognitive therapy for depression (Beck, 1979) with components of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). Patients participate in 8 weekly sessions, each of which incorporates didactic and experiential learning, along with home practice of mindfulness skills taught in the program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, a manualized, group skills training program (Segal et al., 2013) that is based on an integration of aspects of cognitive therapy for depression (Beck, 1979) with components of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). Patients participate in 8 weekly sessions, each of which incorporates didactic and experiential learning, along with home practice of skills taught in the program.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

CBT is an evidence based depression-specific psychotherapy that examines the relationship between thinking styles and the perpetuation of mood symptoms in major depression. Patients use thought records and activity scheduling, among other tools, to record and reappraise their thinking during situations where negative affect is present, both in session and for homework.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CBT is an evidence based depression-specific psychotherapy that examines the relationship between thinking styles and the perpetuation of mood symptoms in major depression. Patients use thought records and activity scheduling, among other tools, to record and reappraise their thinking during situations where negative affect is present, both in session and for homework.

Interventions

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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, a manualized, group skills training program (Segal et al., 2013) that is based on an integration of aspects of cognitive therapy for depression (Beck, 1979) with components of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). Patients participate in 8 weekly sessions, each of which incorporates didactic and experiential learning, along with home practice of skills taught in the program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

CBT is an evidence based depression-specific psychotherapy that examines the relationship between thinking styles and the perpetuation of mood symptoms in major depression. Patients use thought records and activity scheduling, among other tools, to record and reappraise their thinking during situations where negative affect is present, both in session and for homework.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women or men 18-65 years of age
* Meeting criteria for prior depression, currently in recovery or remission, according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th eg; DSM-IV-TR, (American Psychiatric Association, 2000)
* A baseline score of ≤ 12 on the HRSD (Hamilton, 1960)
* Internet access
* English proficiency at or above a grade 8 level

Exclusion Criteria

* Schizophrenia or current psychosis
* Organic mental disorder
* Pervasive developmental delay (PDD)
* Current substance dependence
* Imminent suicide or homicide risk
* Axis I or II disorder that necessitates primary treatment not provided in the study

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No