Effectiveness of Buddhist Monks in Providing Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Add-CBT)

Chiang Mai University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral therapy; Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01706731

918

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is to study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy-CBT and Psychotherapy by trained buddhist monks. There are generally accepted that both cognitive and Buddhist concepts are related. This randomized controlled trial is to study the elderly participants who suffer major depressive disorder according to DSM-IV. The subjects will be divided into two groups. The experimental group will receive 12 sessions of CBT 2 times per week for 6 weeks in addition to usual treatment. The control group will receive treatment as usual and general conversation (non-CBT) with monks. Pretreatment factors (such as attachment style, interpersonal factors) of both therapist monks and patient participants will be studied.

Enrollment: 62 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meet criteria for Major depressive disorder
• receiving antidepressant

Exclusion criteria

• presence of intense suicidal intent behaviors that require inpatient admission
• history of alcohol or drug dependence
• presence of hallucinations or delusions
• currently receiving electroconvulsive therapy or repetitive-transcranial magnetic stimulation,
• patients' involvement in other clinical trials.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

TAU plus Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants randomized to this group will receive treatment as usual plus cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provided by trained Buddhist monks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral therapy

TAU plus routine counselling

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants randomized into this group will receive treatment as usual (TAU) plus plus routine psychological support from non-CBT monks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as usual