Feasibility of Collateral Information Review and Its Impact on Clinical Decision-Making

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04635748

2019P003450

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will investigate how review of collateral information sources (CIS) may impact clinical decision-making across the lifespan.

Full description

This study aims to explore how reviewing collateral information sources (CIS) may affect clinical decision-making for clinicians treating participants with varied mood disorders. Investigators will assess the types of collateral information used in the clinical setting and treatment decisions made after a clinical session. We will gather this information from interested clinicians who will provide this information after each patient visit over the course of one week.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Credentialed to provide psychopharmacology or psychotherapy at McLean and Licensed by the State of Massachusetts
2. Practice pharmacotherapy and either adjunctive or stand-alone evidence-based psychotherapy (e.g., CBT, DBT, supportive psychotherapy, etc.)
3. Fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

• Clinicians who do not meet the inclusion criteria detailed above