Neurofeedback and Neural Plasticity of Self-Processing and Affect Regulation Circuits in Suicide Attempting Adolescents

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Suicide, Ideation; Suicide, Attempted; Depression

Treatments: Other: neurofeedback training involving amygdala; Other: neurofeedback training involving dACC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06183580

PSYCH-2020-29400

Details and patient eligibility

About

A non invasive treatment study including participants at risk for suicide attempts and undergoing neurofeedback training. Neurofeedback is controlling your brain activity in real time inside the scanner.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents with a history of suicide attempts

Exclusion criteria

• Psychotic disorders.
• Primary substance use disorder.
• Primary anorexic disorder.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

dACC Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to the Neurofeedback from the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

Treatment:

Other: neurofeedback training involving dACC

rAMY Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to the Neurofeedback from the amygdala

Treatment:

Other: neurofeedback training involving amygdala