Neural Mechanism Underlying Social Cognition in Depressive Patients

Beijing Normal University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03413670

HLGdepression-fMRI

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the project, investigators plan to test difference of social cognition between depressive patients and healthy individuals and the brain activation underlying the difference to further understand the neural mechanism of depressive disorder.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age range between 18 and 60
• Education experience above high school
• Score for Hamilton's Depression Scale >=17
• Diagnosis of depression through Scid

Exclusion criteria

• Undergoing electric shock treatment in 3 months
• Excluding those who with bipolar disorder
• Excluding those who with postpartum depression
• Excluding those who with hysteria