An Eye Tracking Study of Affective Disorder Patients With Suicide Risk

Central South University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Suicide

Treatments: Behavioral: eye-tracking

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03711045

Second Xiangya hospital CSU

Mental Health Insititute (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research tries to investigate the validity and reliability of eye-tracking technologies by using different paradigms (eg. free-view, pro-saccade and anti-saccade) which served as a novel way of evaluating suicide risk among affective disorder patients including bipolar and unipolar depression. All the participants including health control will be assessed by clinical interviewing, self-report assessment, cognitive evaluation and eye-tracking task.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,DSM-IV diagnosis of depression or Bipolar disorder
• BDI-II>20(Suicide and disorder control group); BDI-II<13，no history of depression(Health control)
• Informed consent
• suicide attempt in the past 6 months(suicide risk group)

Exclusion criteria

• Current or past substance abuse, psychotic disorder,obsessive compulsive disorder , Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, in the past 6 months
• History of epilepsy or head trauma
• Eye disorders
• History of electroconvulsive therapy in the past 4 weeks.

Trial design

200 participants in 3 patient groups

Suicide Risk Group

Description:

patients with affective disorders(eg. bipolar disorder, major depression disorder) also have a history of suicide attempt in the past 6 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: eye-tracking

Disorder Control Group

Description:

patients with affective disorders(eg. bipolar disorder, major depression disorder) and without suicide ideation or behavior.

Treatment:

Behavioral: eye-tracking

Healthy Control Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: eye-tracking