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Depression
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Depression is common, causes significant distress, and makes it hard to have a sense of well-being and function fully in everyday life. Current talking treatments do not work for everyone; many who finish NHS Talking Therapies treatment options still suffer from symptoms of depression and are still considered as experiencing depression by services. This highlights the need to develop and evaluate new approaches, particularly for those who still have symptoms of depression after NHS Talking Therapy treatments. People with depression experience more negative emotions and thoughts, and experience fewer positive emotions and thoughts including feeling content and experiencing wellbeing. Both need to improve if people are to fully recover. Current talking treatments are useful in repairing negative emotions but are less good at rebuilding positive emotions. Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) was co-designed with people with lived experience of depression with an equal focus on building positivity (including building well-being) and reducing negativity (such as having negative thoughts). Previous work shows that ADepT successfully reduces negative emotions and builds positive emotions in adults with depression, leading to reductions in the symptoms of depression as well as large increases in well-being. This research will begin to evaluate if ADepT can also help those who are still depressed after attempting NHS Talking Therapies treatment options for depression (characterised as scoring at least 10 on a routinely administered measure of depression in NHS Talking Therapies called the PHQ-9, after completing 10 or more sessions). Up to fifteen adults suffering from depression will be offered ADepT at the AccEPT clinic, Devon. This study will evaluate if it is effective using a ‘case series’ methodology, tracking changes in depression and anxiety symptoms and well-being in the weeks before, during and after treatment. People who received ADepT will be invited to take part in an interview to discuss their experiences of treatment.
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The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Currently receiving other psychosocial therapies2. Individuals who are eligible for, would be seen by, or their needs would be best met by secondary care services3. Presenting with another area of difficulty that the therapist and/or client believe should be the primary focus of the current intervention4. Current/past history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder5. Displaying marked risk to self (self-harm or suicide) or others that the clinician judges could not be managed safely using weekly therapy in an out-patient setting and that would interfere with engagement in therapy6. Presenting with features of substance misuse, problematic eating, and/or personality difficulties that the clinician judges could not be managed safely using weekly therapy in an out-patient setting and that would interfere with engagement in therapy7. Presenting with features of a learning disability that the clinician judges would interfere with engagement in therapy and capacity to complete research assessments 8. Currently lacking capacity to give informed consent9. Presenting with any other significant, severe or life-threatening disease, disorder, or cognitive impairment that the clinician judges may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, may influence the result of the study, or inhibit the participant’s ability to participate in the study
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Prof
Barney
Dunn
776613221
b.d.dunn@exeter.ac.uk
The study is sponsored by University of Exeter and funded by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.
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