Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression Part 2 (AMEND)

Mount Sinai Health System

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Other: Music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07218055

STUDY-22-01609-CR004 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is again looking at the use of music and music therapy experiences in navigating depression. The researchers will provide 11 sessions of music therapy and half will be followed by recitals at the Third Street School Music Settlement where the kids enrolled in our study will observe and interact with the performers and discuss and reflect on anxiety and performance and how sharing personal creativity affects them intra and interpersonally.

Full description

The researchers will provide hourly weekly music therapy sessions and then go to the Third Street Music School and work with their kids and our kids providing insights and feedback. The researchers will test their depression (CDI) and Resilience (Connor Davidson)

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- Must indicate depression -or symptoms thereof by parent in writing

Exclusion criteria

- none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Music

Experimental group

Description:

Will receive assessment of music and 11 music therapy sessions as well as pretesting and f/u testing

Treatment:

Other: Music therapy

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Will receive assessment of music pre-testing and follow up post testing

Treatment:

Other: Music therapy