Evaluation of Metacognitive Training for Depression (D-MCT) in Outpatient Care

Launched by UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF · Aug 28, 2017

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Evidence-based treatments for depression include pharmacological and psychological interventions. Within psychological interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most extensively researched evidence-based approaches for depression (Cuijpers, 2015). However, even if optimal treatment and access to services were available to all patients, the burden of depression would be reduced by only 30% (Andrews et al., 2004). Moreover, as depression represents the disorder with the highest drop-out rates during CBT treatment (36.4%) (Fernandez et al., 2015), and a relapse rate of 54...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • informed consent
• • age between 18 and 70 years
• • diagnosis of a single Episode or recurrent Major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymia (verified by the MINI)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • lifetime psychotic symptoms (i.e., hallucinations, delusions, or mania), suicidality (Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised ≥ 7), intellectual disability (estimated IQ \< 70) or dementia.