Effectiveness of Cultural Sensitive Collaborative Treatment of Depressed Chinese

Mackay Memorial Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Depression

Treatments

Other: Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00664885

NHRI-EX97-9706PI

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test whether Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment (CSCT) would improve the outcome of depressed patients visiting non-psychiatric settings in Taiwan.

Enrollment

280 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who attend non-psychiatric clinics at the above site.
Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), defined as a positive screen using the PHQ-9, confirmed with the SCAN interview.
Men or women aged 18 or older.
Able to participate in a clinical diagnostic interview in either Mandarin or Fukienese dialects.
Individuals who are willing to be followed up concerning their depression symptoms.
Individuals who have completed a written consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Women who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning pregnancy within the next year.
Patients with serious suicidal risk.
Patients with unstable medical illnesses.
Clinical or laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism.
Patients with comorbid severe mental disorders
Patients with history of treatment by a psychiatrist in the past 4 months.